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14-letter words containing a, c, i, d, r, n

  • branched chain — an open chain of atoms with one or more side chains attached to it
  • breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
  • bronchodilator — any drug or other agent that causes dilation of the bronchial tubes by relaxing bronchial muscle: used, esp in the form of aerosol sprays, for the relief of asthma
  • cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
  • cadmium orange — a yellow color approaching orange.
  • campina grande — a city in NE Brazil, in E Paraíba state. Pop: 366 000 (2005 est)
  • can ill afford — If you say that someone can ill afford to do something, or can ill afford something, you mean that they must prevent it from happening because it would be harmful or embarrassing to them.
  • canadian river — a river in the southern US, rising in NE New Mexico and flowing east to the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. Length: 1458 km (906 miles)
  • canary islands — a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the NW coast of Africa, forming an Autonomous Community of Spain. Capital: Las Palmas. Pop: 1 944 700 (2003 est)
  • carbon dioxide — Carbon dioxide is a gas. It is produced by animals and people breathing out, and by chemical reactions.
  • carbon trading — Carbon trading is the practice of buying and selling the right to produce carbon dioxide emissions, so that people, countries or companies who use a lot of fuel and electricity can buy rights from those that do not use so much.
  • cardinal point — The cardinal points are the four main points of the compass, north, south, east, and west.
  • cardinal tetra — a small, brilliantly colored red and blue characin fish, Paracheirodon axelrodi, native to tropical forest streams in Brazil and Colombia: a popular aquarium fish.
  • cardinal trait — a basic and dominant characteristic, as greed or ambition, that, according to a theory developed by psychologist Gordon Allport (1936), controls the behavior of many people.
  • cardinal vowel — any one of eight primary, purportedly invariant, sustained vowel sounds that constitute a reference set for describing the vowel inventory of a language.
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • carrion feeder — any animal that feeds on dead and rotting flesh
  • cash dispenser — A cash dispenser is a machine built into the wall of a bank or other building, which allows people to take out money from their bank account using a special card.
  • charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
  • charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
  • chicken ladder — an inclined plank with transverse cleats.
  • chickenhearted — timid; fearful; cowardly.
  • children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
  • china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
  • chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
  • chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
  • chondrichthian — any member of the class Chondrichthyes, comprising the cartilaginous fishes.
  • chondrocranium — the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
  • chondromalacia — degeneration of cartilage in the knee, usually caused by excessive wear between the patella and lower end of the femur.
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
  • ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
  • clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
  • claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
  • coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
  • coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
  • combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
  • command-driven — pertaining to or denoting a software program whose instructions to perform specified tasks are issued by the user as typed commands in predetermined syntax (contrasted with menu-driven).
  • community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
  • confederations — Plural form of confederation.
  • conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
  • considerations — Plural form of consideration.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • container dock — a dock designed for cargo containers
  • containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
  • contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
  • contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
  • contradictions — the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
  • contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
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