14-letter words containing li
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- caramelization — the conversion of sugar into caramel, caused by heating
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- carpet slipper — Carpet slippers are soft, comfortable slippers.
- cartridge clip — a metallic container holding cartridges for an automatic firearm
- caucasian lily — a tall lily plant, Lilium monadelphum, having large, fragrant, drooping golden-yellow flowers.
- cavalier poets — a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
- celiac disease — a chronic nutritional disorder, usually of young children, caused by faulty absorption of gluten in the intestines and characterized by diarrhea and malnutrition
- cellini's halo — Heiligenschein.
- centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
- centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
- centrifugalize — to subject (something) to centrifugal motion
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- cephalic index — the ratio of the greatest width of the human head to its greatest length, multiplied by 100
- change of life — The change of life is the menopause.
- channelization — the action or process of channelizing
- chaparral lily — a lily, Lilium rubescens, of the western coast of the U.S., having pale lilac-colored flowers that turn rose-purple.
- chaptalization — a method of increasing the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar to the must before or during fermentation.
- charter flight — a flight booked by a holiday company to transport their customers
- checkered lily — a lily, Fritillaria meleagris, native to Europe, having solitary, checkered, red-purple flowers mottled with greenish yellow.
- chemosterilize — to sterilize (insects or other animals) with a chemosterilant.
- chicken little — a person who spreads baseless or exaggerated reports of danger; alarmist
- chlorcyclizine — an antihistamine, C18H21ClN2, used for treating allergies
- chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
- cholelithiases — the presence of gallstones.
- cholelithiasis — the occurrence or development of gallstones in the gall bladder
- cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
- cholinomimetic — mimicking the action of choline, especially acetylcholine.
- chromatophilia — chromophilia.
- chromatophilic — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- ciliary muscle — the smooth muscle in the ciliary body, the action of which affects the accommodation of the eye.
- cilician gates — a pass in S Turkey, over the Taurus Mountains
- circular light — light that is circularly polarized.
- circumlittoral — adjoining the shore
- ciudad bolivar — a port in E Venezuela, on the Orinoco River: accessible to ocean-going vessels. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)
- civil twilight — the period of time during which the sun is 6° below the horizon
- civilizational — relating to civilization
- class conflict — conflict between different social or economic classes
- claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
- clickety-clack — a rhythmic, swiftly paced succession of alternating clicks and clacks, as the sound produced by the wheels of a train moving over tracks.
- clifford trust — a type of living trust set up for at least a 10-year period, during which the income goes to a beneficiary and after which the principal reverts to the grantor.
- cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- climate change — change occurring in the Earth's overall climate and in particular climates, now regarded as a result of human activity and resulting generally in global warming
- climatological — the science that deals with the phenomena of climates or climatic conditions.
- climatologists — Plural form of climatologist.
- climb the wall — If you say that you are climbing the walls, you are emphasizing that you feel very frustrated, nervous, or anxious.
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
- climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land