14-letter words containing s, i, l, c, o
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
- junior counsel — a body of barristers who are lower in rank than the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel, and who plead outside the bar in the court.
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- king's counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
- kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
- kyphoscoliosis — a condition in which the spinal column is convex both backward and sideways.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- last knockings — the final stage of a period or activity
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- leucocytolysis — the destruction of leucocytes
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- licentiousness — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- licorice stick — a clarinet.
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- liquor license — a licence that allows the proprietor of a store, bar, etc, to sell alcohol
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- local politics — political activity at local level, as opposed to national politics
- locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
- logical syntax — syntactics.
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- loquaciousness — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- lorraine cross — cross of Lorraine.
- lz compression — Lempel-Ziv compression
- machicolations — Plural form of machicolation.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- macrobiologist — One who studies macrobiology.
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- macrosociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
- malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
- medical school — university where medical degrees are taught
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- megascopically — macroscopically
- melancholiness — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.