14-letter words containing l, i, s, c
- inspectability — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- insular celtic — a partly geographical, partly genetic grouping of Celtic languages that consists of those spoken in the British Isles in ancient times and those descended from them.
- insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
- intelligencers — Plural form of intelligencer.
- intercessional — an act or instance of interceding.
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.
- intersectional — of or relating to to an intersection, or a place where two or more roads, lines, or elements meet: intersectional traffic flow.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intrinsicality — The state of being intrinsic; inherence.
- introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- invincibleness — The quality of being invincible; unconquerableness; insuperableness.
- irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
- islas canarias — Spanish name of the Canary Islands.
- isle of france — Île-de-France
- isoclinic line — an imaginary line connecting points on the earth's surface having equal magnetic dip.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- isolationistic — Exhibiting isolationism.
- isometric-line — isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
- issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- j/psi particle — the lightest of the psi particles, the first particle to be discovered that contains a charmed quark.
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
- junior counsel — a body of barristers who are lower in rank than the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel, and who plead outside the bar in the court.
- juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- justiciability — (legal): The ability of a subject matter to be evaluated and resolved by a court.
- keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
- 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 counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
- 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.
- 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.
- lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.