14-letter words containing s, t, r, i, c, l
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
- 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
- cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
- creatureliness — creatural.
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- crested lizard — a long-tailed iguanid lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, of arid areas in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, having a row of enlarged scales down the back.
- criminalistics — the scientific study of criminal evidence
- criminologists — Plural form of criminologist.
- critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
- critical state — the state of a substance in which two of its phases have the same temperature, pressure, and volume
- cross relation — the simultaneous or successive occurrence of a note and its chromatic alteration, as C and C57395, in different voices; false relation
- 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-national — pertaining to or involving two or more nations.
- cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
- crosssectional — Misspelling of cross-sectional.
- crucible steel — a high-quality steel made by melting wrought iron, charcoal, and other additives in a crucible
- cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
- cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
- crux australis — a small conspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere lying in the Milky Way near Centaurus. The four brightest stars form a cross the longer arm of which points to the south celestial pole
- cryptanalytics — cryptanalysis (def 1).
- cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
- crystal gazing — the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc
- crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
- crystal violet — a rosaniline dye, C25H30ClN3, used as an antiseptic, an indicator, and a bacterial stain in Gram's method
- crystalisation — Alternative spelling of crystallization.
- crystallizable — That can be crystallized.
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cyberthrillers — Plural form of cyberthriller.
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- disarticulated — Simple past tense and past participle of disarticulate.
- disceptatorial — disputable
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
- discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
- disciplinarity — The quality of being an academic discipline.
- discolorations — Plural form of discoloration.
- discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconcertedly — In a disconcerted manner.
- discourteously — In a discourteous manner.
- discretionally — At one's discretion.
- 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.
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula, characterized by abdominal pain, fever, and changes in bowel movements.