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14-letter words containing c, a, r, d, o, p

  • 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.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
  • microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
  • myocardiograph — an instrument for recording the movements of the heart.
  • myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
  • nonpalindromic — Not palindromic.
  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • 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.
  • ordnance corps — a combat support military unit responsible for developing and maintaining weapons and weapon systems
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • panic disorder — a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.
  • panidiomorphic — (of igneous rocks) having well-developed crystals
  • paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • parish records — historical documents of a district
  • parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
  • particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • powder compact — make-up: small case of foundation
  • preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
  • precision-made — made to precise specifications
  • predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
  • press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
  • pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
  • pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
  • procaine amide — a white, crystalline compound, C 1 3 H 2 1 ON 3 , used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
  • processed peas — peas that have been treated or prepared by a special method, esp in order to preserve them
  • procrastinated — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • project leader — leader of a task or programme
  • promenade deck — an upper deck or part of a deck on a passenger ship where passengers can stroll, often covered with a light shade deck.
  • propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
  • propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • propanoic acid — propionic acid.
  • propenoic acid — systematic name of acrylic acid
  • propionic acid — a colorless, oily, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 6 O 2 , having a pungent odor: used in making bread-mold-inhibiting propionates, in perfumery, and in medicine as a topical fungicide.
  • provincialised — to make provincial in character.
  • pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
  • purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
  • pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
  • quasi-periodic — almost periodic
  • radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
  • radiographical — the production of radiographs.
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