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14-letter words containing r, e, l, i, c, s

  • frolicsomeness — The quality of being frolicsome; playfulness.
  • garlic crusher — a kitchen implement used to crush cloves of garlic
  • garlic sausage — sausage meat flavoured with garlic
  • gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • health service — system of medical care
  • hedge clippers — clippers or shears used to trim hedges
  • hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
  • 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.
  • historicalness — The quality of being historical.
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • homeric simile — a simile developed over several lines of verse, especially one used in an epic poem.
  • hydrochlorides — Plural form of hydrochloride.
  • hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
  • hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • 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.
  • ill-considered — lacking thorough consideration; ill-suited; unwise.
  • incompressible — not capable of being compressed.
  • inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
  • inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
  • incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
  • incredibleness — so extraordinary as to seem impossible: incredible speed.
  • 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.
  • indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
  • indiscoverable — not discoverable.
  • inflorescences — Plural form of inflorescence.
  • inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
  • 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.
  • intelligencers — Plural form of intelligencer.
  • intercessional — an act or instance of interceding.
  • interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
  • interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • 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
  • introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
  • 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
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • isle of france — Île-de-France
  • isodiametrical — isodiametric
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