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14-letter words containing p, i, s, c, a, r

  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
  • escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
  • euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
  • exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
  • expansion card — (hardware)   A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
  • extraprostatic — (anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate.
  • false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
  • gastric bypass — a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine, performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity.
  • graphic artist — sb who draws, paints, prints, etc.
  • graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
  • harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.
  • hyperaesthesic — relating to an extreme capacity for feeling
  • hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypermicrosoma — dwarfishness.
  • hyperparasitic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hyperparasitism.
  • hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
  • hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
  • hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
  • hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
  • imparisyllabic — (of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.
  • improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
  • incorporations — Plural form of incorporation.
  • incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
  • inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
  • interiorscaper — One who works in interiorscaping.
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
  • isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
  • j/psi particle — the lightest of the psi particles, the first particle to be discovered that contains a charmed quark.
  • laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
  • lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • 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.
  • metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
  • metapragmatics — Language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech.
  • 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.
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