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14-letter words containing s, y, n, c, l

  • crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
  • cutting stylus — stylus (def 4a).
  • cutting-stylus — stylus (def 4a).
  • cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
  • cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
  • cyclooxygenase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins; their inhibition is the mode of action of aspirin and ibuprofen.
  • cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
  • cylinder press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
  • delaney clause — an amendment to a 1958 Federal law, prohibiting the use of any food additive found to cause cancer in people or animals
  • diagnostically — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
  • discernability — The state of being discernable.
  • discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
  • disciplinarily — In a disciplinary way.
  • disciplinarity — The quality of being an academic discipline.
  • discomfitingly — In a manner that discomfits.
  • disconcertedly — In a disconcerted manner.
  • disconnectedly — In a disconnected manner.
  • disconsolately — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
  • discontentedly — not content or satisfied; dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy: For all their wealth, or perhaps because of it, they were discontented.
  • discouragingly — In a discouraging 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.
  • effervescently — effervescing; bubbling.
  • electrosensory — Of or pertaining to the ability of a biological organism to perceive electrical impulses.
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
  • fantasticality — The quality of being fantastical.
  • fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
  • flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
  • frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
  • gascoyne-cecil — Robert Arthur Talbot [tawl-buh t] /ˈtɔl bət/ (Show IPA), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, Salisbury (def 1).
  • geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
  • glycogenolysis — (biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate.
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
  • inartistically — Not artistically; in an inartistic manner.
  • inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
  • incandescently — (of light) produced by incandescence.
  • inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.
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