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14-letter words containing s, i, l

  • clairsentience — The ability for a person to acquire psychic knowledge by means of feeling.
  • clarifications — Plural form of clarification.
  • class 5 switch — (communications)   The lowest designation used in AT&T's hierarchical General Toll Switching Plan, developed in 1929.
  • class conflict — conflict between different social or economic classes
  • class interval — one of the intervals into which the range of a variable of a distribution is divided, esp one of the divisions of the base line of a bar chart or histogram
  • classification — A classification is a division or category in a system which divides things into groups or types.
  • classificatory — the act of classifying.
  • clausius cycle — Rankine cycle.
  • claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
  • claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
  • claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
  • clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
  • clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
  • cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
  • cleistothecium — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
  • cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
  • cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
  • clifford trust — a type of living trust set up for at least a 10-year period, during which the income goes to a beneficiary and after which the principal reverts to the grantor.
  • cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • climatologists — Plural form of climatologist.
  • climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
  • clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
  • clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
  • clive sinclair — (person)   Sir Clive Sinclair (1939- ) The British inventor who pioneered the home microcomputer market in the early 1980s, with the introduction of low-cost, easy to use, 8-bit computers produced by his company, Sinclair Research. Sir Clive also invented and produced a variety of electronic devices from the 1960s to 1990s, including pocket calculators (he marketed the first pocket calculator in the world), radios and televisions. Perhaps he is most famous (or some might say notorious) for his range electric vehicles, especially the Sinclair C5, introduced in 1985. He has been a member of MENSA, the high IQ society, since 1962.
  • cloister garth — garth (def 1).
  • close position — an arrangement of a chord that has the three upper voices close together
  • closed circuit — a circuit without interruption, providing a continuous path through which a current can flow.
  • closed cornice — a slightly projecting wooden cornice composed of a frieze board and a crown molding without a soffit.
  • closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
  • closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
  • closed-circuit — A closed-circuit television or video system is one that operates within a limited area such as a building.
  • clustergeeking — (jargon)   /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
  • co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
  • coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
  • coast live oak — California live oak.
  • coated vesicle — a clathrin-covered vesicle that forms from the closure of a coated pit, engulfing the ligand-receptor complex in endocytosis.
  • cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
  • cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
  • cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
  • cocktail glass — a glass for serving cocktails, typically bell-shaped and having a foot and a stem.
  • cocktail sauce — any of various sauces served with a seafood cocktail, typically one consisting of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and seasonings.
  • cocktail stick — a small pointed stick used for holding cherries, olives, etc, in cocktails, and for serving snacks, such as small sausages
  • coeliac plexus — the network of sympathetic nerves situated behind the stomach that supply the abdominal organs
  • cognoscibility — capable of being known.
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
  • collapsibility — (uncountable) The condition of being collapsible (or collapsable).
  • collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
  • collectiveness — The state or quality of being collective.
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