16-letter words containing l, a, c, r, y
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- militaristically — a person imbued with militarism.
- military academy — a private school organized somewhat along the lines of and following some of the procedures of military life.
- military attache — attaché (def 2).
- military science — the study of the causative factors and tactical principles of warfare.
- military service — compulsory period spent in the army
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
- multi-way branch — switch statement
- multicellularity — The condition of being multicellular.
- narcissistically — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
- naturalistically — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
- non-conciliatory — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
- occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
- ocellated turkey — a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.
- orbital velocity — the minimum velocity at which a body must move to maintain a given orbit.
- organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
- ornithologically — In terms of ornithology.
- orthographically — In an orthographical manner; using proper spelling, capitalization and grammar.
- osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
- overdramatically — In an overdramatic manner.
- overexcitability — to excite too much.
- papillary muscle — one of the small bundles of muscles attached to the ventricle walls and to the chordae tendineae that tighten these tendons during ventricular contraction.
- paradigmatically — of or relating to a paradigm.
- particle physics — the branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of elementary particles.
- perpendicularity — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
- personnel agency — an agency for placing employable persons in jobs; employment agency.
- physical address — (memory management) The address presented to a computer's main memory in a virtual memory system, in contrast to the virtual address which is the address generated by the CPU. A memory management unit translates virtual addresses into physical addresses.
- physical therapy — the treatment or management of physical disability, malfunction, or pain by exercise, massage, hydrotherapy, etc., without the use of medicines, surgery, or radiation.
- play one's cards — to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right)
- player character — a character in a role-playing game or video game who is controlled by the person playing the game. Abbreviation: PC. Compare nonplayer character.
- polyacrylic acid — a polymer of acrylic acid used as a sizing agent in the manufacture of nylon and other synthetic textiles.
- primary election — primary (def 15a).
- primary electron — in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
- programmatically — by using a computer program: You can set the value in each field programmatically with a simple algorithm. The background shapes can be programmatically drawn and animated.
- prophylactically — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- propylthiouracil — a white crystalline compound, C 7 H 1 0 N 2 OS, that interferes with the synthesis of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland: used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.
- pyramidal orchid — a chalk-loving orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, bearing a dense cone-shaped spike of purplish-pink flowers with a long curved spur
- pyruvic aldehyde — a yellow, liquid compound, C 3 H 4 O 2 , containing both an aldehyde and a ketone group, usually obtained in a polymeric form: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- quasi-compulsory — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- radiographically — the production of radiographs.
- radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
- railway carriage — a railway coach for passengers
- relativistically — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- republican party — one of the two major political parties in the U.S.: originated 1854–56.
- research library — a general or specialized library that collects materials for use in intensive research projects.
- restriction play — a limited number of opening moves that are predetermined by their chance selection from an accepted list.