14-letter words containing c, l, i, p, e, r
- clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
- cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
- cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
- climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- clock repairer — a person who mends clocks, watches, etc
- closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- colour printer — a printer that prints in colour on paper
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
- complementizer — a word or morpheme that serves to introduce a complement clause or a reduced form of such a clause, as that in I wish that he would leave
- complexometric — as in complexometric indicator, an ionochromic dye that undergoes a definite colour change in presence of specific metal ions
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
- contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
- cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.
- coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.
- critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
- crocodile clip — a clasp with serrated interlocking edges used for making electrical connections
- cross-compiler — a compiler able to create executable code for a platform different from the one the compiler is run on
- cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
- crown imperial — a liliaceous garden plant, Fritillaria imperialis, with a cluster of leaves and orange bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
- cylinder press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
- czech republic — a country in central Europe; formed part of Czechoslovakia until 1993; mostly wooded, with lowlands surrounding the River Morava, rising to the Bohemian plateau in the W and to highlands in the N; joined the EU in 2004. Language: Czech. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: koruna. Capital Prague. Pop: 10 162 921 (2013 est). Area: 78 864 sq km (30 450 sq miles)
- delphic oracle — the oracle of Apollo at Delphi that gave answers held by the ancient Greeks to be of great authority but also noted for their ambiguity
- delta particle — a very short-lived hyperon
- deparochialize — to make parochial.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
- disceptatorial — disputable
- discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
- 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.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.