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16-letter words containing c, l, a, y, e

  • hemolytic anemia — an anemic condition characterized by the destruction of red blood cells: seen in some drug reactions and in certain infectious and hereditary disorders.
  • hendecasyllables — Plural form of hendecasyllable.
  • hieroglyphically — In hieroglyphics.
  • hierophantically — In a hierophantic manner; in the manner of a hierophant.
  • hydraulic cement — cement that can solidify under water.
  • hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
  • hyperaccumulator — a plant that absorbs toxins, such as heavy metals, to a greater concentration than that in the soil in which it is growing
  • hyperchlorhydria — excessive secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
  • hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
  • immunochemically — In an immunochemical way.
  • imperfectability — The quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect.
  • inclined railway — a cable railway used on particularly steep inclines unsuitable for normal adhesion locomotives
  • inconceivability — (uncountable) The quality of being inconceivable.
  • incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
  • indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
  • indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
  • indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
  • insurance policy — contract that insures sth
  • intercrystalline — situated or passing between the crystals of a substance.
  • intervocalically — (phonology) Between vowels.
  • intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
  • irreplaceability — The quality of being irreplaceable; inability to be replaced; (frequently) uniqueness.
  • jerusalem cherry — an Old World plant, Solanum pseudocapsicum, of the nightshade family, having white flowers and bearing cherrylike scarlet or yellow fruits, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • karyokinetically — In a karyokinetic manner; by means of karyokinesis.
  • kentucky warbler — a wood warbler, Oporornis formosus, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and marked with black on the face.
  • krebs urea cycle — urea cycle.
  • l-glyceraldehyde — the levorotatory optical isomer of glyceraldehyde.
  • lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
  • laserdisc player — a device that plays laserdiscs
  • least flycatcher — a small flycatcher, Empidonax minimus, of eastern North America.
  • legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
  • lesbian cymatium — cyma reversa.
  • lexical analyser — (language)   (Or "scanner") The initial input stage of a language processor (e.g. a compiler), the part that performs lexical analysis.
  • lexical analysis — (programming)   (Or "linear analysis", "scanning") The first stage of processing a language. The stream of characters making up the source program or other input is read one at a time and grouped into lexemes (or "tokens") - word-like pieces such as keywords, identifiers, literals and punctuation. The lexemes are then passed to the parser.
  • library pictures — a caption used to alert viewers that footage being broadcast is from an earlier time and is not happening now
  • lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
  • limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
  • limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
  • literacy project — a project, plan or scheme to increase literacy in a country, area, etc
  • literalistically — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
  • lucas van leyden — (Lucas Hugensz) 1494–1533, Dutch painter and engraver.
  • lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
  • lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
  • lymphatic system — an extensive network of capillary vessels that transports the interstitial fluid of the body as lymph to the venous blood circulation
  • lymphatic tissue — tissue, such as the lymph nodes, tonsils, spleen, and thymus, that produces lymphocytes
  • macrometeorology — the study of large-scale atmospheric phenomena, as the general circulation of the air or global weather conditions.
  • magnetic anomaly — a departure from the normal magnetic field of the earth.
  • maleic anhydride — a colorless crystalline, unsaturated compound, C 4 H 2 O 3 , that is soluble in acetone and hydrolyzes in water: used in the production of polyester resins, pesticides, and fumaric and tartaric acids.
  • maleic hydrazide — a crystalline compound, C 4 N 2 H 4 O 2 , used as a plant growth inhibitor and weed-killer.
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