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14-letter words containing c, y, l, o

  • contour flying — the technique of flying at a constant altitude of less than 22.8 metres (75 feet) above the ground.
  • contracyclical — (of a policy) stabilizing the economy through countering major fluctuations, such as recessions or booms
  • contrapuntally — of or relating to counterpoint.
  • contributorily — In a contributory manner.
  • control survey — an accurate survey of a region forming a basis for more detailed surveys.
  • control system — a system that senses, switches, or regulates another system
  • controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.
  • contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
  • contumeliously — insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
  • conventionally — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • convertibility — The quality of being convertible.
  • convincibility — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
  • cooling system — a system which cools something such as a building or engine
  • copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
  • corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
  • correctability — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
  • corruptibility — that can or might be corrupted.
  • cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
  • cosmologically — In a cosmological way.
  • countably many — countable
  • country people — people who live in the country
  • county council — A county council is an organization which runs local government in a county in Britain.
  • courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
  • courtesy title — any of several titles having no legal significance, such as those borne by the children of peers
  • coxcombicality — the quality of being coxcombical
  • cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
  • 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-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
  • crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
  • crowning glory — the greatest achievement
  • cryobiological — of or relating to cryobiology
  • cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
  • cryptovolcanic — of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.
  • crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
  • crystal violet — a rosaniline dye, C25H30ClN3, used as an antiseptic, an indicator, and a bacterial stain in Gram's method
  • crystalisation — Alternative spelling of crystallization.
  • crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
  • cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
  • cyanoacetylene — a nitrile compound known to exist in interstellar clouds
  • cyanocobalamin — a complex red crystalline compound, containing cyanide and cobalt and occurring in liver: lack of it in the tissues leads to pernicious anaemia. Formula: C63H88O14N14PCo
  • cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
  • cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
  • cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
  • cycloaliphatic — (of an organic compound) aliphatic in chemical behaviour but having its carbon atoms in a ring
  • cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
  • cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
  • cyclone cellar — (in the US) a cellar designed to give protection from violent storms and cyclones
  • cyclooxygenase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins; their inhibition is the mode of action of aspirin and ibuprofen.
  • cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
  • cyclosilicates — Plural form of cyclosilicate.
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