14-letter words containing p, l, i, n
- cephalic index — the ratio of the greatest width of the human head to its greatest length, multiplied by 100
- cephalosporins — Plural form of cephalosporin.
- chain pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
- chancellorship — The chancellorship is the position of chancellor. Someone's chancellorship is the period of time when they are chancellor.
- chaptalization — a method of increasing the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar to the must before or during fermentation.
- chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
- chenille plant — an East Indian plant, Acalypha hispida, of the spurge family, having long, drooping, reddish-purple spikes of flowers.
- chinese puzzle — an intricate puzzle, esp one consisting of boxes within boxes
- chloroplatinic — of or derived from chloroplatinic acid.
- chlorpromazine — a drug derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer and sedative, esp in psychotic disorders. Formula: C17H19ClN2S
- chopping block — a thick wooden board used for chopping vegetables, meat etc on
- chronicle play — a drama based on a historical subject
- cinema complex — a building containing several cinemas
- cisalpine gaul — (in the ancient world) that part of Gaul between the Alps and the Apennines
- cislunar space — the region beyond the earth's atmosphere occurring between the earth and moon
- clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- close position — an arrangement of a chord that has the three upper voices close together
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
- colour printer — a printer that prints in colour on paper
- companion cell — any of a number of specialized parenchymal cells adjacent to a sieve tube in the phloem of flowering plants, believed to regulate the flow of nutrients through the tube.
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
- compassionless — having no compassion
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compensational — the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
- complementizer — a word or morpheme that serves to introduce a complement clause or a reduced form of such a clause, as that in I wish that he would leave
- complexionless — (of a person's face) pale
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
- compulsiveness — compelling; compulsory.
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualise.
- conceptualists — Plural form of conceptualist.
- conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.
- conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
- conceptualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize.
- concupiscently — In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence.
- conduplication — (of a leaf in the bud) folded lengthwise with the upper face of the blade within.
- conscriptional — of or relating to conscription
- conspirational — of or relating to conspiration
- conspiratorial — If someone does something such as speak or smile in a conspiratorial way, they do it in a way that suggests they are sharing a secret with someone.
- conspiratorily — In a conspiratory manner.
- constantinople — Istanbul