14-letter words containing p, y, l
- bubble company — a company whose shares are highly valued and then plummet
- business reply — a form of mail, as a postcard, letter, or envelope, usually sent as an enclosure, and which can be mailed back by respondents without their having to pay postage.
- butylene group — any of four bivalent isomeric groups having the formula –C 4 H 8 –.
- by implication — If you say that something is the case by implication, you mean that a statement, event, or situation implies that it is the case.
- c power supply — a battery or other source of power for supplying a constant voltage bias to a control electrode of a vacuum tube.
- call into play — to begin to operate
- caller display — a facility which shows the number of an incoming call
- caltrop family — the plant family Zygophyllaceae, typified by tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having pinnate leaves, solitary or paired regular flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the creosote bush, lignum vitae, and puncture vine.
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- campylotropous — (of an ovule) curved so that the micropyle and funiculus almost touch
- capillary tube — a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc
- capital outlay — a capital expenditure.
- carbonyl group — the bivalent radical CO, occurring in acids, ketones, aldehydes, and their derivatives.
- carboxyl group — functional group in organic acids
- carrying place — portage (def 3).
- cataleptically — in a trancelike or cataleptic manner
- cerebral palsy — Cerebral palsy is a condition caused by damage to a baby's brain before or during its birth, which makes its limbs and muscles permanently weak.
- champs elysees — a boulevard in Paris, France, noted for its cafés, shops, and theaters.
- champs-elysées — a major boulevard in Paris, leading from the Arc de Triomphe: site of the Elysée Palace and government offices
- chaparral lily — a lily, Lilium rubescens, of the western coast of the U.S., having pale lilac-colored flowers that turn rose-purple.
- chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
- chlorophyllase — an enzyme found in plants that decomposes chlorophyll by removing the phytol chain.
- chlorophyllous — of or containing chlorophyll.
- chronicle play — a drama based on a historical subject
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
- cocktail party — A cocktail party is a party, usually held in the early evening, where cocktails or other alcoholic drinks are served. People often dress quite formally for them.
- coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
- collapsibility — (uncountable) The condition of being collapsible (or collapsable).
- compactibility — capable of being compacted: compactible rubbish.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compossibility — the possibility of coexisting
- compostability — The quality of being compostable.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
- concupiscently — In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence.
- conspiratorily — In a conspiratory manner.
- contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contemptuously — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
- contrapuntally — of or relating to counterpoint.
- copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- corruptibility — that can or might be corrupted.
- country people — people who live in the country
- cross-multiply — to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
- cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
- cryptanalytics — cryptanalysis (def 1).
- cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
- cryptovolcanic — of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.
- crystal palace — a building of glass and iron designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Erected in Hyde Park, London, it was moved to Sydenham (1852–53): destroyed by fire in 1936