14-letter words containing c, r, y, p, t, i
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- erythropoietic — Of or pertaining to erythropoiesis.
- gastric bypass — a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine, performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity.
- grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- hydronephrotic — of, relating to, or affected by hydronephrosis
- hydropathicity — (chemistry) The relative hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of a compound, especially of an amino acid residue in a protein.
- hydrophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being hydrophilic.
- hydrophobicity — (chemistry, uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hydroscopicity — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hygroscopicity — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hyperaesthesic — relating to an extreme capacity for feeling
- hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
- hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
- hyperchromatic — Hyperchromic.
- hypercriticism — criticism that is carping or unduly harsh.
- hypercriticize — To criticize with unjust severity.
- hyperefficient — more efficient than normal
- hyperenergetic — extremely or excessively energetic
- hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
- hyperexcitable — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
- hyperexcretion — excessive excretion
- hypergeometric — of or relating to operations or series that transcend ordinary geometrical operations or series
- hyperkeratotic — Pathology. proliferation of the cells of the cornea. a thickening of the horny layer of the skin.
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hyperparasitic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hyperparasitism.
- hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- hypersecretion — an excessive secretion.
- hypertechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- hypertrichosis — excessive growth of hair.
- hypertrophical — relating to hypertrophy
- hyperviscosity — the abnormal thickening of a liquid
- hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
- hypocritically — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- hysteroscopies — Plural form of hysteroscopy.
- impracticality — not practical or useful.
- incorporeality — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
- irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- karyotypically — (cytology) With regard to the karyotype.
- kelyphitic rim — a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock, formed by reaction of the interned mineral with the surrounding rock
- 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.
- 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).
- micropathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the microscopic study of changes that occur in tissues and cells during disease.