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14-letter words containing s, i, m, p, l, c

  • implacableness — The quality of being implacable.
  • incomes policy — a government policy to curb inflation that relies on voluntary compliance rather than on mandatory wage, price, or profit controls.
  • incompleteness — not complete; lacking some part.
  • incompressible — not capable of being compressed.
  • incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
  • indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
  • isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
  • liquid compass — wet compass.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • lz compression — Lempel-Ziv compression
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • megascopically — macroscopically
  • mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.
  • metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • metaplasticity — Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity.
  • metoposcopical — relating to metoposcopy
  • metrical psalm — a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn
  • microcephalous — Microcephalic.
  • micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
  • micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
  • microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
  • misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • misapplication — to make a wrong application or use of.
  • monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  • multiplicities — Plural form of multiplicity.
  • multiprocessor — parallel processing
  • multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
  • muscle spindle — Cell Biology. a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of striated muscle fibers and sensory nerve endings in a connective tissue sheath, that conveys information via the spinal nerves on the state of muscle stretch, important in the reflex mechanism that maintains body posture.
  • musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
  • omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • optimistically — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
  • pacific salmon — any salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, especially the chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha.
  • parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
  • patriarchalism — a philosophy, form, or system of patriarchal government.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • perfectibilism — the belief in the perfectibility of human nature
  • permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
  • petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
  • phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
  • pharmacopolist — a person who sells pharmaceutical products
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
  • polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
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