14-letter words containing c, l, i, p, e
- clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
- coeliac plexus — the network of sympathetic nerves situated behind the stomach that supply the abdominal organs
- colour printer — a printer that prints in colour on paper
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
- companion cell — any of a number of specialized parenchymal cells adjacent to a sieve tube in the phloem of flowering plants, believed to regulate the flow of nutrients through the tube.
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
- compassionless — having no compassion
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compensational — the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
- 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
- complexionless — (of a person's face) pale
- complexometric — as in complexometric indicator, an ionochromic dye that undergoes a definite colour change in presence of specific metal ions
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- compulsiveness — compelling; compulsory.
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualise.
- conceptualists — Plural form of conceptualist.
- conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.
- conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
- conceptualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize.
- concupiscently — In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence.
- constantinople — Istanbul
- contemplations — Plural form of contemplation.
- contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
- 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.
- count palatine — originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
- 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
- cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
- cylinder press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.