14-letter words containing e, y, c, l
- 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.
- country people — people who live in the country
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- cyanoacetylene — a nitrile compound known to exist in interstellar clouds
- cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
- cybernetically — using cybernetics
- cyberthrillers — Plural form of cyberthriller.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- 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.
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- cylinder front — a front cover for a desk or the like, consisting either of a solid piece or of a tambour sliding up and back in quadrantal grooves.
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- cylinder liner — A cylinder liner is a thin-walled hard metal cylinder inserted into a cylinder block of an engine and in which the piston runs.
- cylinder press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
- cytotechnology — the microscopic analysis of cells for the early detection of abnormalities and diagnosis of diseases such as cancer
- dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
- dcc technology — DCC technology uses a catalytic process to convert heavy hydrocarbons into light olefins.
- deadly embrace — deadlock
- decarboxylases — Plural form of decarboxylase.
- decimal system — the number system in general use, having a base of ten, in which numbers are expressed by combinations of the ten digits 0 to 9
- delaney clause — an amendment to a 1958 Federal law, prohibiting the use of any food additive found to cause cancer in people or animals
- delayed action — A delayed action mechanism causes a delay on the device it is fitted to, so that it does not work as soon as you switch it on or operate it.
- delayed speech — a speech disorder of children in which the levels of intelligibility, vocabulary, complexity of utterance, etc., are significantly below the levels considered standard for a particular age.
- delayed-action — (of an explosive projectile) exploding some time after hitting the target.
- demeclocycline — a broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 21 H 21 ClN 2 O 8 , derived from a mutant strain of the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens: used against a wide range of susceptible microorganisms.
- democratically — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- 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.
- diagenetically — in a diagenetic way
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
- directionality — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.