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14-letter words containing c, y, p, r

  • irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
  • 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
  • isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
  • isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
  • karyotypically — (cytology) With regard to the karyotype.
  • keep your cool — remain calm
  • kelyphitic rim — a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock, formed by reaction of the interned mineral with the surrounding rock
  • kyoto protocol — climate change agreement
  • ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
  • 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.
  • lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
  • 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.
  • microphysicist — a physicist who specializes in microphysics
  • micropyrometer — an optical pyrometer used to measure the temperature of small glowing bodies.
  • microsporocyte — one of the mother cells that produce four microspores by meiosis.
  • 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.
  • myocardiograph — an instrument for recording the movements of the heart.
  • myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
  • nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
  • nonhygroscopic — Not hygroscopic.
  • nonproficiency — absence or lack of proficiency.
  • nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
  • numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
  • one-trick pony — a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
  • pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
  • parabiotically — in a parabiotic manner
  • paradisiacally — in a paradisiacal way
  • paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • parametrically — in terms of a parameter
  • parapsychology — the branch of psychology that deals with the investigation of purportedly psychic phenomena, as clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, telepathy, and the like.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
  • party official — an official of a political party
  • party politics — politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
  • perceivability — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
  • perceptibility — capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
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