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14-letter words containing c, o, a, l, m, i

  • duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
  • economicalness — The quality of being economical.
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
  • elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • enharmonically — (music) Adjectival form of enharmonic.
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
  • ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
  • etymologically — (domain) Based on or belonging to etymology.
  • euclidean norm — (mathematics)   The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
  • exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
  • exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
  • exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
  • fall victim to — If you fall victim to something or someone, you suffer as a result of them, or you are killed by them.
  • family compact — any influential clique
  • family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
  • flagellomaniac — a person who is enthusiastic about or derives (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
  • fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
  • glycaemic load — an index indicating the amount of carbohydrate contained in a specified serving of a particular food. It is calculated by multiplying the food's glycaemic index by its carbohydrate content in grams and then dividing by 100
  • haematological — Alternative spelling of hematological.
  • hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
  • hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
  • hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
  • ibm compatible — (computer)   A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway 2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the market, marginalising IBM.
  • immethodically — Unmethodically.
  • immunochemical — Pertaining to immunochemistry.
  • incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
  • incommunicably — In an incommunicable manner or fashion.
  • incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
  • indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
  • intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
  • intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
  • isodiametrical — isodiametric
  • isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
  • kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
  • kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
  • lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
  • lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
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