14-letter words containing o, c, a, s, e, y
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- macartney rose — a trailing or climbing evergreen rose, Rosa bracteata, of China, having shiny leaves and large, solitary white flowers.
- masonry cement — a mix typically of Portland cement, hydrated lime, and other materials, used to improve the water retention and workability of the cement in masonry work.
- megakaryocytes — Plural form of megakaryocyte.
- megascopically — macroscopically
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
- metastasectomy — (surgery) Surgical removal of the metastases (cancerous growths).
- microaneurysms — Plural form of microaneurysm.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- museologically — In a museological manner.
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).
- mutual society — co-operative organization
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- 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.
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.
- nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
- oesophagectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the oesophagus.
- osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
- osteologically — Concerning only the osteological aspects.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- oyster cracker — a small, round, usually salted cracker, served with oysters, soup, etc.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- peck's bad boy — the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
- percutaneously — through the skin
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
- phyllosilicate — any silicate mineral having the tetrahedral silicate groups linked in sheets, each group containing four oxygen atoms, three of which are shared with other groups so that the ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is two to five.
- pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- platycephalous — flat-headed
- play one's ace — to use one's best weapon or resource
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
- polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- postmastectomy — of or relating to the period after a mastectomy
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.