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

  • cerro de punta — a mountain in central Puerto Rico: highest peak on the island. 4389 feet (1339 meters).
  • 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.
  • chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
  • ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
  • clarendon code — four acts passed by the Cavalier Parliament between 1661 and 1665 to deal with the religious problems of the Restoration
  • 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).
  • common ragweed — a plant, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, of a chiefly North American genus: family Asteraceae (composites). Its green tassel-like flowers produce large amounts of pollen, which causes hay fever
  • comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
  • concentratedly — with intense mental application
  • 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
  • contractedness — the state of being shortened
  • contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
  • contraindicate — to advise against or indicate the possible danger of (a drug, treatment, etc)
  • coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
  • copper cyanide — a creamy-white, highly poisonous, water-insoluble powder, CuCN, used chiefly in electroplating and in organic synthesis.
  • copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
  • corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
  • cottage garden — an informal style of garden which has beds planted with a great variety of traditional flowers
  • counter-demand — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
  • counterchanged — Exchanged.
  • countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
  • countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
  • countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
  • cricoarytenoid — A muscle connecting the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.
  • crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
  • cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
  • cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
  • cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
  • dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
  • damage control — Damage control is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
  • dano-norwegian — Bokmål.
  • dark continent — Africa, especially before the late 19th cent. when little was known of it
  • dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
  • dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
  • decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
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