14-letter words containing c, y, l, o
- electrosensory — Of or pertaining to the ability of a biological organism to perceive electrical impulses.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
- electrotherapy — The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.
- electrovalency — (physics) The net electric charge on an ion.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- encephalopathy — A disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition (such as viral infection or toxins in the blood).
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- encyclopaediae — Irregular plural form of encyclopaedia.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- encyclopedical — (American spelling) alternative spelling of encyclopaedical.
- encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
- endodontically — according to the practice of endodontics
- endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
- enharmonically — (music) Adjectival form of enharmonic.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
- ethyl chloride — a colorless liquid, C2H5Cl, prepared by heating ethyl alcohol with hydrogen chloride in the presence of zinc chloride: used in preparing tetraethyl lead and ethyl cellulose, and as a local anesthetic
- etymologically — (domain) Based on or belonging to etymology.
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
- exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
- exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
- faculty lounge — a staffroom
- family compact — any influential clique
- family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
- firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
- firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- flying officer — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a pilot officer but junior to a flight lieutenant in the British and certain other air forces
- foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
- forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
- friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
- frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
- garbologically — From the perspective of garbology.
- gascoyne-cecil — Robert Arthur Talbot [tawl-buh t] /ˈtɔl bət/ (Show IPA), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, Salisbury (def 1).
- genealogically — Using genealogical methods.
- geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
- geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
- geographically — of or relating to geography.
- geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
- glycaemic load — an index indicating the amount of carbohydrate contained in a specified serving of a particular food. It is calculated by multiplying the food's glycaemic index by its carbohydrate content in grams and then dividing by 100