14-letter words containing c, a, t, l, o, n
- cryptovolcanic — of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.
- crystalisation — Alternative spelling of crystallization.
- crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
- cyanoacetylene — a nitrile compound known to exist in interstellar clouds
- cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
- damage control — Damage control is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decimalization — Alternative spelling of decimalisation.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decivilization — those people or nations that have reached such a state.
- decolonisation — Alternative spelling of decolonization.
- decolonization — Decolonization means giving political independence to a country that was previously a colony.
- decolorization — decolor.
- deflocculation — to reduce from a flocculent state by dispersing the flocculated particles.
- delayed action — A delayed action mechanism causes a delay on the device it is fitted to, so that it does not work as soon as you switch it on or operate it.
- delayed-action — (of an explosive projectile) exploding some time after hitting the target.
- delocalization — to remove from the proper or usual locality.
- delta function — a generalized function having the value 0 except at 0, the value infinity at 0, and an integral from minus infinity to plus infinity of 1, used in thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.
- dental records — records produced during a dental examination and recording the state of a patient's teeth
- despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
- diagnostically — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- diagonal cloth — a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines.
- dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
- dictionary apl — Sharp APL
- directionality — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- disapplication — a provision for exempting schools or individuals from the requirements of the National Curriculum in special circumstances
- discolorations — Plural form of discoloration.
- discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
- disconsolately — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- disconsolation — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discretionally — At one's discretion.
- disinclination — the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
- downy cocktail — cationic cocktail
- dracula, count — (italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
- 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.
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- 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.