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16-letter words containing l, a, s, t, c, y

  • narcissistically — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
  • naturalistically — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
  • neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
  • non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
  • osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
  • particle physics — the branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of elementary particles.
  • personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
  • physical fitness — good physical condition
  • 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.
  • physical-capital — tools, machinery, computers, and other equipment that are needed for the production of goods and services: money spent by business firms on physical capital.
  • play-action pass — a pass play designed to deceive the defense by appearing to be a running play, in which the quarterback fakes a hand-off to a back before throwing a forward pass.
  • policy statement — a declaration of the plans and intentions of an organization or government
  • political asylum — asylum provided by one nation to refugees, especially political refugees, from another nation.
  • political system — a coordinated set of principles, laws, ideas, and procedures relating to a particular form of government, or the form of government itself: Democracy is a political system in which citizens govern themselves.
  • polycondensation — formation of a polymer by chemical condensation with the elimination of a small molecule, such as water.
  • post-apocalyptic — of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy.
  • psychoanalytical — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  • ptolemaic system — a system elaborated by Ptolemy and subsequently modified by others, according to which the earth was the fixed center of the universe, with the heavenly bodies moving about it.
  • radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
  • relativistically — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
  • restriction play — a limited number of opening moves that are predetermined by their chance selection from an accepted list.
  • retail analytics — Retail analytics is any information that allows retailers to make smarter decisions and manage their businesses more effectively.
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • security analyst — a person who specializes in evaluating information regarding stocks and bonds.
  • security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
  • self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-exculpatory — intended to excuse oneself from blame or guilt
  • silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
  • slang dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering the words, phrases, and idioms that reflect the least formal speech of a language. These terms are often metaphorical and playful, and are likely to be evanescent as the spoken language changes from one generation to another. Much slang belongs to specific groups, as the jargon of a particular class, profession, or age group. Some is vulgar. Some slang terms have staying power as slang, but others make a transition into common informal speech, and then into the standard language. An online slang dictionary, such as the Dictionary.com Slang Dictionary, provides immediate information about the meaning and history of a queried term and its appropriateness or lack of appropriateness in a range of social and professional circumstances.
  • social pathology — a social factor, as poverty, old age, or crime, that tends to increase social disorganization and inhibit personal adjustment.
  • social secretary — a personal secretary employed to make social appointments and handle personal correspondence.
  • sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
  • speech pathology — the scientific study and treatment of defects, disorders, and malfunctions of speech and voice, as stuttering, lisping, or lalling, and of language disturbances, as aphasia or delayed language acquisition.
  • stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
  • strict liability — responsibility for damage or loss regardless of intention or culpability
  • styralyl acetate — methylphenylcarbinyl acetate.
  • the-card-players — a painting (1892) by Paul Cézanne.
  • thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • transcendentally — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
  • transcrystalline — situated within or passing through the crystals of a substance.
  • typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
  • unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
  • voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
  • voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
  • voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors
  • west valley city — city in NC Utah, near Salt Lake City: pop. 109,000
  • yah-boo politics — adversarial politics in which politicians constantly deride their opponents and dismiss everything suggested by them
  • ziegler catalyst — any of a group of catalysts, such as titanium trichloride (TiCl3) and aluminium alkyl (Al(CH3)3), that produce stereospecific polymers
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