14-letter words containing h, i, l, c
- hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
- hypocritically — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- hypostatically — In a hypostatic manner.
- hypothetically — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
- ichthyological — Of or pertaining to ichthyology. Adjective form of ichthyology.
- idiopathically — In an idiopathic sense or manner.
- idle character — a transmitted control character that holds a position but does not appear in the output at the receiver.
- immethodically — Unmethodically.
- immunochemical — Pertaining to immunochemistry.
- impeachability — The state or condition of being impeachable.
- imperial beach — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
- in the balance — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
- inapproachable — not approachable.
- indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- interchangable — Misspelling of interchangeable.
- interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- into the black — into a profitable condition financially
- irreproachable — free from blame; not able to be reproached or censured.
- irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
- isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
- john q. public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
- kelyphitic rim — a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock, formed by reaction of the interned mineral with the surrounding rock
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- khaki election — a general election held during or immediately after a war, esp one in which the war has an effect on how people vote
- khmer republic — a former official name of Cambodia.
- kill the clock — an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
- kitchen police — soldiers detailed by roster or as punishment to assist in kitchen duties.
- kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
- kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
- kyphoscoliosis — a condition in which the spinal column is convex both backward and sideways.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lake champlain — a lake in the northeastern US, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains: linked by the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River and by the Richelieu River to the St Lawrence; a major communications route in colonial times
- lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
- latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space.
- lechatelierite — a mineral, an amorphous form of silica formed by the fusion by heat of silica and found in fulgurites.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- leicestershire — a county in central England. 986 sq. mi. (2555 sq. km).
- leucocythaemia — leukaemia
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.