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15-letter words containing c, o, p, l

  • haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • helicopter view — an overview of a situation without any details
  • hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
  • hexachlorophene — a white, crystalline powder, C 13 Cl 6 H 6 O 2 , insoluble in water: used as an antibacterial agent chiefly in toothpastes and soaps.
  • histopathologic — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
  • holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
  • holographically — In a holographic way.
  • homeopathically — By means of homeopathy.
  • hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • huitzilopochtli — the Aztec god of war and of the sun.
  • humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hydropathically — in a hydropathic manner; in a manner relating to hydropathy
  • hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
  • hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • hypersomnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
  • hypochlorhydria — (pathology) The presence of an insufficient amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
  • hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
  • hypocortisolism — (medicine) A cortisol deficiency.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
  • ideographically — an ideogram.
  • implied consent — a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.
  • in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
  • incomparability — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
  • incompatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
  • incompatibility — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
  • inconspicuously — not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent.
  • inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
  • introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
  • introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
  • ionospherically — by the ionosphere
  • iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
  • isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
  • kaleidoscopical — Alternative form of kaleidoscopic.
  • kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
  • laptop computer — portable computer
  • lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
  • leapfrog attack — Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host (e.g. downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET, etc.) to compromise another host. Also, the act of TELNETting through one or more hosts in order to confuse a trace (a standard cracker procedure).
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
  • lexical scoping — lexical scope
  • lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
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