14-letter words containing c, l, a, i, r, s
- oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
- oscillographic — Of or pertaining to an oscillograph.
- over-socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree
- paradisiacally — in a paradisiacal way
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
- parish council — local administrative body
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- party politics — politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism.
- patriarchalism — a philosophy, form, or system of patriarchal government.
- permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharmacopolist — a person who sells pharmaceutical products
- photorealistic — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- physical layer — (networking) Layer one, the lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The physical layer encompasses details such as electrical and mechanical connections to the network, transmission of binary data as changing voltage levels on wires or similar concepts on other connectors, and data rates. The physical layer is used by the data link layer. Example physical layer protocols are CSMA/CD, token ring and bus.
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- polar distance — codeclination.
- policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
- polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
- post-conciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- postal service — organized handling and delivery of mail
- prairie school — a group of early 20th-century architects of the Chicago area who designed houses and other buildings with emphasized horizontal lines responding to the flatness of the Midwestern prairie; the best-known member was Frank Lloyd Wright.
- pre-capitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- precious coral — red coral.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- primary school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- principal axis — Optics. a line passing through the center of the surface of a lens or spherical mirror and through the centers of curvature of all segments of the lens or mirror.
- principalities — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
- private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
- pro-capitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- processability — capable of being processed.
- prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
- prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- public affairs — (used with a plural verb) matters of general interest or concern, especially those dealing with current social or political issues.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
- quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
- quasi-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.