14-letter words containing e, a, r, l, y
- ciliary muscle — the smooth muscle in the ciliary body, the action of which affects the accommodation of the eye.
- clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
- clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- concentratedly — with intense mental application
- concentrically — having a common center, as circles or spheres.
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- conservatively — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- 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.
- 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.
- crystal defect — defect (def 3).
- crystal palace — a building of glass and iron designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Erected in Hyde Park, London, it was moved to Sydenham (1852–53): destroyed by fire in 1936
- crystal system — any of six, or sometimes seven, classifications of crystals depending on their symmetry. The classes are cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. Sometimes an additional system, trigonal, is distinguished, although this is usually included in the hexagonal system
- crystal violet — a rosaniline dye, C25H30ClN3, used as an antiseptic, an indicator, and a bacterial stain in Gram's method
- crystallizable — That can be crystallized.
- curvilinearity — consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
- cutlery drawer — a drawer in which cutlery is kept
- cybernetically — using cybernetics
- cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
- cyclone cellar — (in the US) a cellar designed to give protection from violent storms and cyclones
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
- deadly embrace — deadlock
- decarboxylases — Plural form of decarboxylase.
- deflagrability — the state or quality of being deflagrable
- deliberatively — having the function of deliberating, as a legislative assembly: a deliberative body.
- deliverability — capable of delivery.
- democratically — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- demoralizingly — in a demoralizing manner
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- departmentally — In a departmental manner; affecting departments.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- derivationally — In a derivational manner.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- detrimentality — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- devil-may-care — If you say that someone has a devil-may-care attitude, you mean that they seem relaxed and do not seem worried about the consequences of their actions.
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- differentially — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- directionality — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discretionally — At one's discretion.
- discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation