15-letter words containing c, i, p, a
- if the cap fits — the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
- impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
- imperfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.
- implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
- imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
- improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- inapplicability — (uncountable) The state of being inapplicable.
- incapaciousness — the quality of not having (sufficiently) great capacity
- incomparability — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
- incompatibility — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
- inescapableness — The quality of being inescapable.
- inexplicability — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
- insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
- inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- intercomparison — mutual comparison
- interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
- internment camp — a prison camp for the confinement of enemy aliens, prisoners of war, political prisoners, etc.
- interperceptual — occurring between periods of perceiving
- interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- interrecord gap — the area or space separating consecutive physical records of data on an external storage medium.
- introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- jack the ripper — an unidentified murderer who killed at least seven prostitutes in London's East End between August and November 1888
- jackass penguin — any of several boldly marked black and white penguins of the genus Spheniscus, especially S. demersus, of southern Africa, with a call resembling a donkey's bray.
- japanese quince — a flowering quince, Chaenomeles speciosa, of Japan, having scarlet flowers and pear-shaped fruit.
- kaleidoscopical — Alternative form of kaleidoscopic.
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- kamikaze packet — Christmas tree packet
- king's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
- kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
- lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
- lead-pipe cinch — an absolute certainty: It's a lead-pipe cinch they'll be there.
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- lexical scoping — lexical scope
- lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
- limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- little corporal — (Napoleon Bonaparte"the Little Corporal") 1769–1821, French general born in Corsica: emperor of France 1804–15.
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.