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14-letter words containing e, m, p, l, c, t

  • pinealectomize — to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal)
  • placement test — a test to determine a student's level of ability in one or more subjects in order to place the student with others of the same approximate ability.
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • pneumatic pile — a hollow pile, used under water, in which a vacuum is induced so that air and water pressure force it into place.
  • poikilothermic — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
  • point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • prime vertical — the great circle passing through the observer's zenith and meeting the horizon due east and west
  • primitive cell — a unit cell containing no points of the lattice except at the corners of the cell.
  • proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
  • quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
  • sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
  • semielliptical — a half ellipse, usually one containing both ends of the major axis.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • space platform — space station.
  • specimen plant — a plant grown by itself for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others in a bed or border.
  • speculum metal — any of several bronze alloys with a high tin content, often containing other materials, as silver, brass, lead, zinc, or arsenic, used for making mirrors and reflectors.
  • sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
  • striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
  • temple terrace — a town in W Florida.
  • transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
  • ultracompetent — extremely competent
  • uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • well-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • work placement — temporary job, internship
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