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14-letter words containing c, i, p, a

  • interpunctuate — to insert punctuation marks in (a written text)
  • irreproachable — free from blame; not able to be reproached or censured.
  • irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
  • isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
  • isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
  • issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
  • issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
  • j/psi particle — the lightest of the psi particles, the first particle to be discovered that contains a charmed quark.
  • karyotypically — (cytology) With regard to the karyotype.
  • keep pace with — to proceed at the same speed as
  • keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
  • kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
  • lake champlain — a lake in the northeastern US, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains: linked by the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River and by the Richelieu River to the St Lawrence; a major communications route in colonial times
  • lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
  • laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • leucocytopenia — leucopenia
  • leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
  • lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • lipstick plant — any of several trailing, epiphytic vines of the genus Aeschynanthus, of the gesneria family, especially A. pulcher or A. radicans, native to southeast Asia, having tubular red or orange flowers.
  • liquid compass — wet compass.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • lithographical — Of or pertaining to lithography.
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • local politics — political activity at local level, as opposed to national politics
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • macrosporangia — Plural form of macrosporangium.
  • magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
  • magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
  • magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
  • medigap policy — A Medigap policy is a private extra health insurance plan in the U.S. that provides coverage for medical expenses that are not or only partially covered by Medicare.
  • megalocephalic — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
  • megascopically — macroscopically
  • mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
  • mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.
  • metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
  • metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
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