14-letter words containing s, i, l, m
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cosmologically — In a cosmological way.
- cosmopolitical — relating to all polities
- court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
- creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
- criminalistics — the scientific study of criminal evidence
- criminologists — Plural form of criminologist.
- crimson clover — an annual clover (Trifolium incarnatum) with elongated heads of deep-red flowers, often grown in the S U.S. as a cover or green-manure crop
- cross-compiler — a compiler able to create executable code for a platform different from the one the compiler is run on
- cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
- 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.
- cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
- cruise missile — A cruise missile is a missile which carries a nuclear warhead and which is guided by a computer.
- cumulativeness — The state or quality of being cumulative.
- cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
- decimal system — the number system in general use, having a base of ten, in which numbers are expressed by combinations of the ten digits 0 to 9
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decriminalised — to eliminate criminal penalties for or remove legal restrictions against: to decriminalize marijuana.
- decriminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize.
- dematerialised — Simple past tense and past participle of dematerialise.
- dematerializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dematerialize.
- demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
- demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
- demolitionists — Plural form of demolitionist.
- demoralisation — Alternative spelling of demoralization.
- demythologised — Simple past tense and past participle of demythologise.
- dermatologists — Plural form of dermatologist.
- diazonium salt — any of a class of compounds with the general formula ArN:N–M+, where Ar is an aryl group and M is a metal atom; made by the action of nitrous acid on aromatic amines and used in dyeing
- dimensionality — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- disassemblable — That can be disassembled.
- discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
- disciplinarium — a scourge for flogging penitents
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discomfitingly — In a manner that discomfits.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
- disembowelment — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disequilibrium — lack of equilibrium; imbalance.
- disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
- disinvolvement — the action or process of withdrawing from an obligation or commitment, especially from a political or military involvement: The secretary of state promised disinvolvement from the alliance.
- dismal science — the science of economics
- displenishment — the act of displenishing
- dissimilitudes — Plural form of dissimilitude.
- dissimulations — Plural form of dissimulation.
- dissolutionism — the beliefs and practices of dissolutionists
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.