14-letter words containing t, e, l, s, p, c
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
- 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.
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
- metencephalons — Plural form of metencephalon.
- metoposcopical — relating to metoposcopy
- metrical psalm — a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn
- multiplicities — Plural form of multiplicity.
- multiprocessor — parallel processing
- multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
- ophthalmoscope — an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye or examining the retina.
- opisthocoelous — relating to vertebrae in which the centrum is convex and the posterior is concave
- opt-out clause — a clause that permits signatories to a contract to opt out of particular provisions, or to terminate the contract early
- optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
- paleoecologist — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
- 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
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- paschal letter — (in the early Christian church) a letter, written by a patriarch, archbishop, or bishop to a cleric under his authority, announcing the date of the next Easter festival.
- patheticalness — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- peacock's tail — a handsome brown seaweed, Padina pavonia (though coloured yellow-olive, red, and green) whose fan-shaped fronds have concentric bands of iridescent hairs
- pectoral cross — a cross worn on the breast by various prelates, as a designation of office.
- pedanticalness — ostentatious in one's learning.
- peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
- penalty clause — part of contract specifying a forfeit
- pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- people's court — small-claims court.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- perfectibilism — the belief in the perfectibility of human nature
- perfectibilist — (predominantly in relation to the Illuminati) a person who believes that a given thing, usually human nature, is perfectible
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- photorealistic — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phyllosilicate — any silicate mineral having the tetrahedral silicate groups linked in sheets, each group containing four oxygen atoms, three of which are shared with other groups so that the ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is two to five.
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- placement test — a test to determine a student's level of ability in one or more subjects in order to place the student with others of the same approximate ability.
- plastic bullet — A plastic bullet is a large bullet made of plastic, which is intended to make people stop rioting, rather than to kill people.