14-letter words containing r, e, l, c, t
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- internal clock — biological clock.
- internucleonic — internuclear
- interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.
- intersectional — of or relating to to an intersection, or a place where two or more roads, lines, or elements meet: intersectional traffic flow.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- irreducibility — (uncountable) The quality or degree of being irreducible.
- irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- isometric-line — isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- j/psi particle — the lightest of the psi particles, the first particle to be discovered that contains a charmed quark.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- kelyphitic rim — a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock, formed by reaction of the interned mineral with the surrounding rock
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
- lance sergeant — a sergeant of the lowest rank.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lateran palace — a palace in Rome used as the papal residence from the 4th century a.d. to the removal of the papal court to Avignon, rebuilt in 1586, and now a museum for classical and Christian antiques.
- latin american — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- lattice energy — chemistry: strength of bonds holding ionic solid together
- lattice girder — a trusslike girder having the upper and lower chords connected by latticing.
- lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
- leafcutter ant — any of various South American ants of the genus Atta that cut pieces of leaves and use them as fertilizer for the fungus on which they feed
- leafcutter bee — any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile that nest in soil or rotten wood, constructing the cells in which they lay their eggs from pieces of leaf
- leatherjackets — Plural form of leatherjacket.
- lechatelierite — a mineral, an amorphous form of silica formed by the fusion by heat of silica and found in fulgurites.
- lecture course — a series of lectures on a particular subject
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- left-of-center — holding liberal views in politics; left-wing.
- left-of-centre — Left-of-centre people or political parties support political ideas which are closer to socialism than to capitalism.
- leicestershire — a county in central England. 986 sq. mi. (2555 sq. km).
- leisure centre — A leisure centre is a large public building containing different facilities for leisure activities, such as a sports hall, a swimming pool, and rooms for meetings.