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

  • nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
  • nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
  • nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
  • narcodiagnosis — the use of drugs to produce narcosis as an aid in diagnosis.
  • naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
  • nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
  • neuroendocrine — of or relating to the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems, especially in relation to hormones.
  • new providence — an island in the N Bahamas. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
  • nile crocodile — the common African crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, sometimes growing to a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter): in some areas it is greatly reduced in number and now rare.
  • nitro compound — any one of a class of usually organic compounds that contain the monovalent group -NO2 (nitro group or radical), linked to a carbon atom. The commonest example is nitrobenzene, C6H5NO2
  • nixon doctrine — the policy declared by President Nixon in 1969 that the U.S. would supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere.
  • non-accredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
  • non-concordant — agreeing; harmonious.
  • non-contraband — anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.
  • non-corrodible — to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, especially by chemical action.
  • non-discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
  • non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • non-iridescent — displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
  • non-structured — having and manifesting a clearly defined structure or organization.
  • noncardiogenic — Not cardiogenic.
  • nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
  • nondescription — Absence of description; failure to describe something.
  • nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
  • nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
  • nondirectional — functioning equally well in all directions; omnidirectional.
  • nondoctrinaire — not concerned with or related to doctrine
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • nonpalindromic — Not palindromic.
  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • nonradioactive — not radioactive
  • north canadian — river flowing from NE N.Mex. east & southeast into the Canadian River in E Okla.: 760 mi (1,223 km)
  • north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
  • notched collar — a collar forming a notch with the lapels of a garment at the seam where collar and lapels join.
  • occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
  • off the record — making or affording a record.
  • off-the-record — not for publication; not to be quoted: a candidate's off-the-record remarks to reporters.
  • offer document — a document sent by a person or firm making a takeover bid to the shareholders of the target company, giving details of the offer that has been made and, usually, reasons for accepting it
  • old franconian — the Franconian language before 1100; Frankish.
  • 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.
  • orchard oriole — a North American oriole, Icterus spurius, the male of which is chestnut and black.
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • ordnance corps — a combat support military unit responsible for developing and maintaining weapons and weapon systems
  • ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • other-directed — guided by a set of values that is derived from current trends or outward influences rather than from within oneself.
  • ovariectomized — Simple past tense and past participle of ovariectomize.
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