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14-letter words containing c, l, a, y, s

  • discretionally — At one's discretion.
  • discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
  • dissociability — Lack of sociability; unsociableness.
  • dodecasyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to 12 syllables.
  • dodecasyllable — a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.
  • doomsday clock — an image of a clockface representing the time remaining before the onset of a global catastrophe in terms of a number of minutes before midnight
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
  • euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
  • eye specialist — ophthalmologist
  • eyeball search — (jargon)   (Or vgrep) To look for something in a mass of code or data with one's own native optical sensors, as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like grep or any other automated search tool. Compare vdiff, desk check.
  • fantasticality — The quality of being fantastical.
  • fatalistically — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
  • fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
  • futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
  • gascoyne-cecil — Robert Arthur Talbot [tawl-buh t] /ˈtɔl bət/ (Show IPA), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, Salisbury (def 1).
  • geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
  • glycosidically — In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside.
  • gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
  • halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
  • health physics — the branch of physics concerned with the health and safety of people in medical, scientific, and industrial work, esp with protection from the biological effects of ionizing radiation
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • histologically — In an histological manner.
  • histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
  • hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
  • hypostatically — In a hypostatic manner.
  • ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
  • idealistically — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
  • imparisyllabic — (of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.
  • inartistically — Not artistically; in an inartistic manner.
  • inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
  • incandescently — (of light) produced by incandescence.
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