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14-letter words containing c, a, n, d, y, t

  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • endodontically — according to the practice of endodontics
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • incandescently — (of light) produced by incandescence.
  • indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
  • induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
  • innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
  • insecticidally — in an insecticidal manner
  • intracardially — in an intracardial manner
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • medicamentally — in a manner that relates to medicaments
  • n-3 fatty acid — Biochemistry. omega-3 fatty acid.
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
  • recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
  • richard tawneyRichard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • stanley dancerStanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
  • tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • tricyanic acid — cyanuric acid.
  • tyndall effect — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
  • tyndall-effect — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
  • unaccidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
  • unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • undecidability — the quality of being undecidable
  • under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
  • undersecretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
  • undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
  • undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
  • undramatically — in an undramatic manner
  • victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
  • wyandotte cave — a cave in S Indiana: one of the most extensive in the U.S., with 23 miles (37 km) of passages.
  • yoda condition — (programming)   The programming practise of using if (constant == variable) e.g. if (4 == foo) instead of the more natural if (variable == constant) It is named after the Star Wars character Yoda who says things like "Strong is Vader". It may have been invented as a way to prevent coding errors like if (count = 5) (accidentally using a single "=" (assignment) instead of a double "==" (comparison)). The above is syntactically valid whereas the Yoda equivalent would give a compile-time error.
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