14-letter words containing c, r, a, p
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- lance corporal — U.S. Marine Corps. an enlisted person ranking between private first class and corporal.
- lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lateran palace — a palace in Rome used as the papal residence from the 4th century a.d. to the removal of the papal court to Avignon, rebuilt in 1586, and now a museum for classical and Christian antiques.
- lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
- lease-purchase — the continuing use of property or goods under a lease for a stipulated period with option for the lessee to buy and with part of the rental charges credited toward the purchase price.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- lithographical — Of or pertaining to lithography.
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- local preacher — (in early Methodism) a layperson appointed to supervise the congregation and conduct services between visits of a circuit rider.
- locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
- macrocephalous — Having a large head.
- macrosporangia — Plural form of macrosporangium.
- magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- markov process — a process in which future values of a random variable are statistically determined by present events and dependent only on the event immediately preceding.
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- mercapto group — the univalent group –SH.
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
- metapragmatics — Language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech.
- metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
- metrical psalm — a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn
- metropolitical — metropolitan
- microaerophile — An organism, especially an aerobic bacterium, that lives and thrives in environments low in oxygen.
- microbarograph — a barograph for recording minute fluctuations of atmospheric pressure.
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- microparasites — Plural form of microparasite.
- microparasitic — Of or pertaining to microparasites.
- micropathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the microscopic study of changes that occur in tissues and cells during disease.
- micropegmatite — a rock with a microscopic pegmatitic structure
- micropolitical — Of or pertaining to micropolitics.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
- microsporangia — Plural form of microsporangium.
- microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
- misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
- morphinomaniac — a person with an uncontrollable addiction to morphine
- motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor
- mpeg-4 aac ssr — MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding Scalable Sampling Rate