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14-letter words containing l, y, n, c, e

  • nonsensicality — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • nontechnically — In a nontechnical manner.
  • normoglycaemia — the condition of having a normal blood sugar level
  • normoglycaemic — Alt form normoglycemic.
  • novelistically — In a novelistic way.
  • nuclear energy — energy released by reactions within atomic nuclei, as in nuclear fission or fusion.
  • nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
  • nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
  • oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
  • osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
  • overanalytical — too analytical
  • penalty clause — part of contract specifying a forfeit
  • penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • pentyl acetate — a colourless combustible liquid used as a solvent for paints, in the extraction of penicillin, in photographic film, and as a flavouring. Formula: CH3COOC5H11
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
  • phenologically — in a phenological manner
  • phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phenyl acetate — a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 O 2 , having a phenolic odor: used chiefly as a solvent.
  • phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
  • phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
  • pitch cylinder — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • play one's ace — to use one's best weapon or resource
  • plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
  • policy science — a branch of the social sciences concerned with the formulation and implementation of policy in bureaucracies, etc
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • preconcertedly — in a preconcerted or preplanned manner
  • princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
  • principal type — The most general type of an expression. For example, the following are all valid types for the lambda abstraction (\ x . x): Int -> Int Bool -> Bool (a->b) -> (a->b) but any valid type will be an instance of the principal type: a -> a. An instance is derived by substituting the same type expression for all occurences of some type variable. The principal type of an expression can be computed from those of its subexpressions by Robinson's unification algorithm.
  • psychoanalyses — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  • pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
  • racing bicycle — a bicycle designed for cycling on roads or taking part in road cycling races
  • reconciliatory — tending to reconcile.
  • recreationally — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
  • rectilinearity — the state or quality of being rectilinear
  • sacramentality — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • scaly anteater — pangolin.
  • scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
  • scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
  • secondary cell — storage cell.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
  • silicon valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.
  • slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
  • sockeye salmon — an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific.
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