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14-letter words containing l, i, t, e, n, r

  • celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
  • center fielder — the player whose position is center field.
  • central office — (communications)   The place where telephone companies terminate customer lines and locate switching equipment to interconnect those lines with other networks.
  • central region — a former local government region in central Scotland, formed in 1975 from Clackmannanshire, most of Stirlingshire, and parts of Perthshire, West Lothian, Fife, and Kinross-shire; in 1996 it was replaced by the council areas of Stirling, Clackmannanshire, and Falkirk
  • centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
  • centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
  • centrifugalize — to subject (something) to centrifugal motion
  • centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
  • centrolecithal — (of animal eggs) having a centrally located yolk
  • ceremonial tea — a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
  • charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
  • chemical toner — toner (def 4).
  • chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chicken turtle — an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace.
  • chiltern hills — a range of low chalk hills in SE England extending northwards from the Thames valley. Highest point: 260 m (852 ft)
  • chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
  • chronometrical — a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
  • circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
  • citronella oil — the yellow aromatic oil obtained from citronella grass, used in insect repellents, soaps, perfumes, etc
  • clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
  • clairsentience — The ability for a person to acquire psychic knowledge by means of feeling.
  • class interval — one of the intervals into which the range of a variable of a distribution is divided, esp one of the divisions of the base line of a bar chart or histogram
  • climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
  • clincher-built — clinker-built (def 2).
  • clustergeeking — (jargon)   /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
  • co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
  • cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
  • coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
  • coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
  • colour printer — a printer that prints in colour on paper
  • commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
  • complementizer — a word or morpheme that serves to introduce a complement clause or a reduced form of such a clause, as that in I wish that he would leave
  • concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
  • concentrically — having a common center, as circles or spheres.
  • conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
  • conglomerating — Present participle of conglomerate.
  • conglomeration — A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together.
  • conglomerative — of, relating to, or resembling a conglomerate
  • congregational — of or relating to a congregation
  • conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
  • conservational — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
  • conservatively — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • conservatorial — of or relating to a conservator or conservators
  • constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
  • constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • container line — a haulier or carrier that uses containers
  • contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
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