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14-letter words containing c, o, l, p, r

  • conspirational — of or relating to conspiration
  • conspiratorial — If someone does something such as speak or smile in a conspiratorial way, they do it in a way that suggests they are sharing a secret with someone.
  • conspiratorily — In a conspiratory manner.
  • constraintlisp — (language)   An object-oriented constraint language based on CSP. An extension of Common Lisp and CLOS.
  • 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.
  • contrapuntally — of or relating to counterpoint.
  • controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
  • copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
  • copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
  • 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
  • corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
  • corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
  • corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
  • corruptibility — that can or might be corrupted.
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.
  • counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
  • counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
  • country people — people who live in the country
  • coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • critical point — the point on a phase diagram that represents the critical state of a substance
  • 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-multiply — to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
  • cross-platform — (software, hardware)   A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system platform (e.g. Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh). E.g. Netscape Navigator, Java.
  • 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
  • cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
  • cryptovolcanic — of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.
  • 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
  • dactyliography — the art of engraving or writing on gems
  • dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
  • 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
  • deparochialize — to make parochial.
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
  • dictionary apl — Sharp APL
  • disceptatorial — disputable
  • discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
  • doppler effect — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
  • electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
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