14-letter words containing r, e, l, c, t
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
- heroic couplet — a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- heteroclitical — (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
- heterolecithal — having an unequal distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- hollerith code — a system for coding data into punched cards, in which each horizontal row is assigned a different value, and letters, numbers, or special characters are encoded as combinations of these values in a vertical column.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- homomultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more identical polypeptide chains.
- hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
- hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
- hypercorrectly — In a hypercorrect manner.
- hyperexcitable — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- hypertechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- hypertrophical — relating to hypertrophy
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
- idle character — a transmitted control character that holds a position but does not appear in the output at the receiver.
- import licence — a government-issued document that authorizes the importation of goods into its country
- inarticulately — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- incontrollable — uncontrollable.
- incorporeality — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
- incrementalism — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementalist — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
- inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
- insular celtic — a partly geographical, partly genetic grouping of Celtic languages that consists of those spoken in the British Isles in ancient times and those descended from them.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
- intelligencers — Plural form of intelligencer.
- inter-particle — a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit: a particle of dust; not a particle of supporting evidence.
- interarticular — of or relating to the joints.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- intercessional — an act or instance of interceding.
- interchangable — Misspelling of interchangeable.
- intercorrelate — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- interdialectal — relating to, or existing between, different dialects
- interelectrode — existing between multiple electrodes
- interinfluence — to influence reciprocally or mutually
- interjectional — Being or pertaining to an interjection.
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.