14-letter words containing i, r, s, c
- kakistocracies — Plural form of kakistocracy.
- karnatak music — the classical music of South India
- karstification — the process of turning into karst
- kegel exercise — Often, Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.
- king's proctor — a British judiciary officer who may intervene in probate, nullity, or divorce actions when collusion, suppression of evidence, or other irregularities are alleged.
- kiss principle — /kis' prin'si-pl/ Keep It Simple, Stupid. A maxim often invoked when discussing design to fend off creeping featurism and control complexity of development. Possibly related to the marketroid maxim on sales presentations, "Keep It Short and Simple". See also Occam's Razor.
- knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- leicestershire — a county in central England. 986 sq. mi. (2555 sq. km).
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- leisure centre — A leisure centre is a large public building containing different facilities for leisure activities, such as a sports hall, a swimming pool, and rooms for meetings.
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
- licorice stick — a clarinet.
- life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
- life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- liquor license — a licence that allows the proprietor of a store, bar, etc, to sell alcohol
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- lorraine cross — cross of Lorraine.
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- lz compression — Lempel-Ziv compression
- macro-organism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
- macrobiologist — One who studies macrobiology.
- macroeconomics — the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy, as the relationship between the income and investments of a country as a whole.
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
- macrosociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
- macrosporangia — Plural form of macrosporangium.
- magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- magnetic storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
- magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
- margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
- marginal hacks — (humour) Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).
- marine science — the branch of science concerned with the sea
- marking scheme — a plan or guidelines used in the marking of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
- master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
- mastocarcinoma — carcinoma of the breast.