14-letter words containing p, a, s, c, i
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- lipstick plant — any of several trailing, epiphytic vines of the genus Aeschynanthus, of the gesneria family, especially A. pulcher or A. radicans, native to southeast Asia, having tubular red or orange flowers.
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- local politics — political activity at local level, as opposed to national politics
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- macrosporangia — Plural form of macrosporangium.
- magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
- megascopically — macroscopically
- mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.
- metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
- metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
- metaplasticity — Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity.
- metapragmatics — Language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech.
- metoposcopical — relating to metoposcopy
- metrical psalm — a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- microparasites — Plural form of microparasite.
- microparasitic — Of or pertaining to microparasites.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
- microsporangia — Plural form of microsporangium.
- microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
- misacceptation — misinterpretation
- misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misapplication — to make a wrong application or use of.
- miscomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- mispunctuation — incorrect punctuation
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
- negative space — shape of space around an object
- nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonsymptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- operating cost — The operating cost of a business, or a piece of equipment or machinery is the amount of money that it costs to run it.
- opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
- opisthographic — written on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
- optimistically — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- oscillographic — Of or pertaining to an oscillograph.
- overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.