14-letter words containing c, a, n, l
- dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- duodenal ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the duodenum.
- dutch colonial — of or relating to the domestic architecture of Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey, often characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves over porches on the long sides.
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- early american — (of furniture, buildings, utensils, etc.) built or made in the U.S. in the colonial period or somewhat later.
- early check-in — An early check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in earlier than the normal time.
- east cleveland — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- eau de cologne — cologne.
- economicalness — The quality of being economical.
- ectocommensals — Plural form of ectocommensal.
- educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
- electric organ — a pipe organ operated by electrical means
- electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
- electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- electromotance — an electromotive force
- electroneutral — (physics) Having no net electric charge.
- electronically — By means of electronics, or of electronic technology.
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electrovalence — Alternative form of electrovalency.
- electrovalency — (physics) The net electric charge on an ion.
- elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
- ellice islands — group of islands in the WC Pacific, north of Fiji: under British control, 1892-1978; name changed to Tuvalu in 1976 and as such became independent in 1978
- emergency call — a telephone call to the emergency services made during an emergency
- emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- encaustic tile — a tile produced using the encaustic technique
- encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
- encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
- encephalopathy — A disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition (such as viral infection or toxins in the blood).
- enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- encyclopaediae — Irregular plural form of encyclopaedia.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- encyclopedical — (American spelling) alternative spelling of encyclopaedical.
- endodontically — according to the practice of endodontics
- endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
- energy balance — An energy balance is a consideration of the energy input, output, and consumption or generation in a process or stage.