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

  • 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
  • contradistinct — Distinguished by opposite qualities.
  • 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.
  • corona radiata — the layer of follicle cells surrounding an ovum and remaining attached to it following ovulation.
  • cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
  • 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.
  • credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
  • credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
  • credit balance — the amount of money that a client of a financial institution has in his or her account, in securities, etc
  • credit manager — a person employed in a business firm to administer credit service to its customers, especially to evaluate the extension and amount of credit to be granted.
  • creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
  • cricoarytenoid — A muscle connecting the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.
  • crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
  • cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
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