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14-letter words containing s, o, l, y

  • cherry blossom — the blossom of any of various spring-blooming cherries, prized for their beauty
  • chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
  • chlorophyllase — an enzyme found in plants that decomposes chlorophyll by removing the phytol chain.
  • chlorophyllous — of or containing chlorophyll.
  • cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
  • cholecystotomy — the surgical procedure of cutting into the gall bladder in order to extract gallstones
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • choral society — an organization of amateur singers
  • classificatory — the act of classifying.
  • clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
  • closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
  • cognoscibility — capable of being known.
  • colby (cheese) — a variety of cheese similar to Cheddar but softer, moister, and more porous
  • collapsibility — (uncountable) The condition of being collapsible (or collapsable).
  • coloristically — In terms of, or in relation to, color; in a coloristic way.
  • combustibility — capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable: Gasoline vapor is highly combustible.
  • commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • compensability — eligibility for compensation
  • compossibility — the possibility of coexisting
  • compostability — The quality of being compostable.
  • comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
  • conchyliaceous — Alternative form of conchylaceous.
  • conclusionally — the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.
  • concupiscently — In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence.
  • confessionally — in a confessional manner
  • conservatively — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • console jockey — terminal junkie
  • conspiratorily — In a conspiratory manner.
  • constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
  • constitutively — In a constitutive manner.
  • constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • consultatively — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
  • contemptuously — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
  • conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
  • contestability — The property of being contestable or debatable.
  • control survey — an accurate survey of a region forming a basis for more detailed surveys.
  • control system — a system that senses, switches, or regulates another system
  • contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
  • contumeliously — insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
  • cooling system — a system which cools something such as a building or engine
  • corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
  • cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
  • cosmologically — In a cosmological way.
  • courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
  • courtesy title — any of several titles having no legal significance, such as those borne by the children of peers
  • 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.
  • cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
  • cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
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