14-letter words containing c, l, a, y, t
- irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
- justiciability — (legal): The ability of a subject matter to be evaluated and resolved by a court.
- karyotypically — (cytology) With regard to the karyotype.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
- 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.
- lattice energy — chemistry: strength of bonds holding ionic solid together
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- legalistically — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- letting agency — a business which leases properties on behalf of their owners
- leucocythaemia — leukaemia
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- library ticket — a ticket admitting a person access to a library, esp a reference library
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- lithologically — From a lithological point of view.
- localizability — The condition of being localizable.
- logical syntax — syntactics.
- lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manometrically — Using a manometer.
- mathematically — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- medicamentally — in a manner that relates to medicaments
- megatechnology — high technology that is developing rapidly
- mental cruelty — behaviour that causes distress to another person but that does not involve physical assault
- metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metaplasticity — Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity.
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
- metastatically — In a metastatic manner.
- metathetically — By means of, or in terms of, metathesis.
- methyl acetate — a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C 3 H 6 O 2 , the methyl ester of acetic acid, having a fragrant odor, used chiefly as a solvent.
- methyl alcohol — a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 4 O, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood or the incomplete oxidation of natural gas, or produced synthetically from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used chiefly as a solvent, a fuel, and an automobile antifreeze and in the synthesis of formaldehyde.
- methyl lactate — a colorless liquid, C 4 H 8 O 3 , soluble with water and most organic liquids: used chiefly as a solvent for cellulose acetate.
- methylcatechol — guaiacol.
- metronomically — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- micropathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the microscopic study of changes that occur in tissues and cells during disease.
- military march — a brisk march, especially one suitable for a military parade.
- monocratically — In a monocratic manner.
- monolithically — of or relating to a monolith.
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.