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 tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- stanley dancer — Stanley, 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.