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14-letter words containing c, a, n, t, i, e

  • nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
  • nutraceuticals — Plural form of nutraceutical.
  • nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
  • occipital bone — a curved, compound bone forming the back and part of the base of the skull.
  • oceanic trench — a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust, usually lying above a subduction zone
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • of a certainty — without a doubt; certainly
  • old-time dance — a formal or formation dance, such as the lancers
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • one-way ticket — transport: single-journey fare
  • oneirocritical — an interpreter of dreams.
  • online catalog — a bibliographic record of a library's holdings, available in machine-readable form.
  • operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
  • operating cost — The operating cost of a business, or a piece of equipment or machinery is the amount of money that it costs to run it.
  • operation code — (programming)   (Always "op code" when spoken) The part or parts of a machine language instruction which determines what kind of action the computer should take, e.g. add, jump, load, store. In any particular instruction set certain fixed bit positions within the instruction word contain the op code, others give parameters such as the addresses or registers involved. For example, in a 32-bit instruction the most significant eight bits might be the op code giving 256 possible operations. For some instruction sets, certain values in the fixed bit positions may select a group of operations and the exact operation may depend on other bits within instruction word or subsequent words. When programming in assembly language, the op code is represented by a readable name called an instruction mnemonic.
  • orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
  • organic matter — matter derived from organisms, esp decayed matter in soil
  • organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
  • osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
  • outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
  • overallocation — Excess allocation.
  • overanalytical — too analytical
  • overcentralize — to centralize excessively
  • overdecoration — excessive decoration
  • overextraction — excessive extraction
  • overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
  • packet sniffer — (networking, tool)   A network monitoring tool that captures data packets and decodes them using built-in knowledge of common protocols. Sniffers are used to debug and monitor networking problems.
  • packet writing — (storage)   A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
  • palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • panic reaction — a widespread and excessive response of panic
  • panic-stricken — overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like: panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.
  • parking ticket — written notice of a parking violation
  • particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
  • parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
  • patheticalness — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
  • pectinesterase — an enzyme present in plants, and some bacteria and fungi, which hydrolyses pectin
  • pedanticalness — ostentatious in one's learning.
  • peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • pentanoic acid — colourless liquid carboxylic acid
  • pentecostarion — a service book of offices for the period from Easter to the Sunday after Pentecost.
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • persian carpet — a handwoven carpet or rug produced in Iran and characterized by fine warp and filling yarns, a usually tight, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of floral, foliate, animal, and avian designs woven in rich, harmonious colors.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
  • piano concerto — a musical piece composed for the piano accompanied by an orchestra
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