14-letter words that end in le
- class schedule — In a school or college, a class schedule is a list that shows the times in the week at which particular subjects are taught. You can also refer to the range of subjects that a student learns or the classes that a teacher teaches as their class schedule.
- class struggle — in Marxism, the constant economic and political struggle held to exist between social classes regarded as exploiting and those regarded as exploited; specif., in capitalist countries, the struggle between capitalists (bourgeoisie) and workers (proletariat)
- clausius cycle — Rankine cycle.
- clearance sale — A clearance sale is a sale in which the goods in a shop are sold at reduced prices, because the shopkeeper wants to get rid of them quickly or because the shop is closing down.
- co-trimoxazole — an antibiotic consisting of a mixture of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (a sulfa drug): used esp to treat infections of the urinary tract and lungs (as in AIDS)
- coated vesicle — a clathrin-covered vesicle that forms from the closure of a coated pit, engulfing the ligand-receptor complex in endocytosis.
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- command module — the cone-shaped module used as the living quarters in an Apollo spacecraft and functioning as the splashdown vehicle
- commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- congresspeople — congressmen or congresswomen
- constantinople — Istanbul
- contemplatable — That can be contemplated.
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- controvertible — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- coquilhatville — former name of Mbandaka.
- cotton thistle — Scotch thistle.
- counter-boulle — contre-partie.
- counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
- country people — people who live in the country
- courtesy title — any of several titles having no legal significance, such as those borne by the children of peers
- crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
- credence table — a small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison before serving
- critical angle — the smallest possible angle of incidence for which light rays are totally reflected at an interface between substances of different refractive index
- cruise missile — A cruise missile is a missile which carries a nuclear warhead and which is guided by a computer.
- crystallizable — That can be crystallized.
- culzean castle — a Gothic Revival castle near Ayr in South Ayrshire, in SW Scotland: designed by Robert Adam (1772–92); includes a room dedicated to General Eisenhower
- cut the cackle — to stop chattering; be quiet
- darning needle — a long needle with a large eye used for darning
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- declassifiable — Suitable to be declassified.
- decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
- delphic oracle — the oracle of Apollo at Delphi that gave answers held by the ancient Greeks to be of great authority but also noted for their ambiguity
- delta particle — a very short-lived hyperon
- demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
- diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
- diagonalizable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalized
- differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- dihedral angle — the angle between two planes in a dihedron.
- directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
- disassemblable — That can be disassembled.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.