14-letter words containing s, p, l, i
- coeliac plexus — the network of sympathetic nerves situated behind the stomach that supply the abdominal organs
- collapsibility — (uncountable) The condition of being collapsible (or collapsable).
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
- compassionless — having no compassion
- compatibilists — Plural form of compatibilist.
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compensational — the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
- complexionless — (of a person's face) pale
- compossibility — the possibility of coexisting
- compostability — The quality of being compostable.
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
- compulsiveness — compelling; compulsory.
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualise.
- conceptualists — Plural form of conceptualist.
- conceptualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize.
- concupiscently — In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence.
- conscriptional — of or relating to conscription
- conspirational — of or relating to conspiration
- conspiratorial — If someone does something such as speak or smile in a conspiratorial way, they do it in a way that suggests they are sharing a secret with someone.
- conspiratorily — In a conspiratory manner.
- constantinople — Istanbul
- constraintlisp — (language) An object-oriented constraint language based on CSP. An extension of Common Lisp and CLOS.
- consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
- contemplations — Plural form of contemplation.
- contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
- corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cosmopolitical — relating to all polities
- councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.
- critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
- cross-compiler — a compiler able to create executable code for a platform different from the one the compiler is run on
- 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.
- cryptanalytics — cryptanalysis (def 1).
- cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
- crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
- cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.