14-letter words containing c, l, a, r, e, t
- fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- flat character — an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author.
- foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
- fort mcclellan — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Alabama, NE of Anniston.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
- geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
- george calvert — Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
- gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
- golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- grammaticalize — to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, “body,” as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, “friendly.”.
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
- health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
- health service — system of medical care
- 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
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
- hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- heteroclitical — (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
- heterolecithal — having an unequal distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
- hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
- hyperexcitable — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- hypertechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- hypertrophical — relating to hypertrophy
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
- idle character — a transmitted control character that holds a position but does not appear in the output at the receiver.
- inarticulately — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- incontrollable — uncontrollable.
- incorporeality — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
- incrementalism — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementalist — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.