14-letter words containing o, p, a, l, c
- haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
- happy-go-lucky — trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned.
- helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
- helicopter pad — landing area
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
- hierographical — hierographic
- high-card pool — red dog.
- holoplanktonic — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
- hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydrographical — Hydrographic.
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
- hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypergolically — in a hypergolic manner
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hypertrophical — relating to hypertrophy
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
- hypocritically — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- hypostatically — In a hypostatic manner.
- hypothetically — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- ibm compatible — (computer) A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway 2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the market, marginalising IBM.
- idiopathically — In an idiopathic sense or manner.
- inapproachable — not approachable.
- inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
- incorporeality — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- irreproachable — free from blame; not able to be reproached or censured.
- irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- 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.
- karyotypically — (cytology) With regard to the karyotype.
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- lance corporal — U.S. Marine Corps. an enlisted person ranking between private first class and corporal.
- landscape mode — a wide exposure suitable for photographing landscapes
- lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.