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14-letter words containing a, d, e, n, o, t

  • autodesk, inc. — (company)   The distributors of the AutoCAD CAD package. Address: Sausalito, CA, USA.
  • autoresponders — Plural form of autoresponder.
  • aviation badge — wings.
  • aviation cadet — one who trains to become an officer in an air force.
  • aviation-badge — Also called aviation badge. Military Informal. a badge bearing the image of a spread pair of bird's wings with a distinctive center design, awarded to an aircrewman on completion of certain requirements.
  • axis-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
  • azidothymidine — an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS
  • backside-front — backend-to.
  • battered woman — See under battered woman syndrome.
  • battered-women — the array of physical and psychological injuries exhibited by women (battered women or battered wives) who have been beaten repeatedly or otherwise abused by their partners or spouses.
  • beard-stroking — deep thought
  • beta reduction — [lambda-calculus] The application of a lambda abstraction to an argument expression. A copy of the body of the lambda abstraction is made and occurrences of the bound variable being replaced by the argument. E.g. (\ x . x+1) 4 --> 4+1 Beta reduction is the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus. The opposite of beta reduction is beta abstraction. These are the two kinds of beta conversion. See also name capture.
  • beta-endorphin — a potent endorphin released by the anterior pituitary gland in response to pain, trauma, exercise, or other forms of stress.
  • beta-oxidation — a process by which fatty acids are degraded, involving oxidation of the beta carbons and removal of successive two-carbon fragments from the fatty acid.
  • beyond a doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
  • biodegradation — to decay and become absorbed by the environment: toys that will biodegrade when they're discarded.
  • bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
  • blood relation — A blood relation or blood relative is someone who is related to you by birth rather than by marriage.
  • born yesterday — brought forth by birth.
  • botanic garden — a place in which plants are grown, studied, and exhibited
  • boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
  • broken-hearted — Someone who is broken-hearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
  • budget account — an account with a department store, etc, enabling a customer to make monthly payments to cover his or her past and future purchases
  • bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
  • by the vanload — in very large quantities
  • cadogan teapot — a lidless teapot that is made from or in imitation of an inverted Chinese wine pot and is filled through the bottom.
  • calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
  • camp pendleton — a U.S. Marine Corps base in SW California on the Gulf of Santa Catalina.
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • cater-cornered — diagonally placed; diagonal
  • catty-cornered — cater-cornered
  • center forward — A center forward in a team sport such as soccer or hockey is the player or position in the middle of the front row of attacking players.
  • centre-forward — A centre-forward in a team sport such as football or hockey is the player or position in the middle of the front row of attacking players.
  • cerro de punta — a mountain in central Puerto Rico: highest peak on the island. 4389 feet (1339 meters).
  • chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
  • closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
  • co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
  • coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
  • combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
  • come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
  • compassionated — Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate.
  • concentratedly — with intense mental application
  • conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.
  • condensational — Of or pertaining to condensation.
  • confederations — Plural form of confederation.
  • confidentially — Confidentially is used to say that what you are telling someone is a secret and should not be discussed with anyone else.
  • conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
  • considerations — Plural form of consideration.
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