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14-letter words containing c, l, a, p, e, d

  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
  • disciplinaries — Plural form of disciplinary.
  • disrespectable — not respectable.
  • dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • dwelling place — a dwelling.
  • edaphic climax — a localized climax community that may differ from the surrounding climax vegetation by reason of slightly differing soil type, exposure to sun and wind, drainage, etc.
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
  • encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
  • encyclopaediae — Irregular plural form of encyclopaedia.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedical — (American spelling) alternative spelling of encyclopaedical.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • expected value — the sum or integral of all possible values of a random variable, or any given function of it, multiplied by the respective probabilities of the values of the variable. Symbol: E(X). E(X) is the mean of the distribution; E(X–c) = E(X)–c where c is a constant
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
  • half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • helicopter pad — landing area
  • hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
  • hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
  • inclined plane — one of the simple machines, a plane surface inclined to the horizon, or forming with a horizontal plane any angle but a right angle. Compare machine (def 4b).
  • indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
  • indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
  • indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
  • inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
  • isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
  • issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
  • l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
  • ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
  • landscape mode — a wide exposure suitable for photographing landscapes
  • 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.
  • leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
  • 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
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
  • 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.
  • metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
  • noncomplicated — (esp of a medical condition or procedure) not involving complications
  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • packed decimal — binary coded decimal
  • palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
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