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14-letter words containing c, e

  • cruise missile — A cruise missile is a missile which carries a nuclear warhead and which is guided by a computer.
  • cruiserweights — Plural form of cruiserweight.
  • cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
  • cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
  • crummock water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 4 km (2.5 miles)
  • crunch numbers — to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
  • crushed velvet — velvet with a flat finish that has a creased effect
  • crutched friar — a member of a mendicant order, suppressed in 1656
  • cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
  • cryoextraction — the surgical removal of a cataract with a cryoprobe.
  • cryopreserving — Present participle of cryopreserve.
  • cryoprotectant — an agent which prevents cell damage caused by cryopreservation
  • cryoprotective — protecting against damage caused by cryopreservation
  • cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
  • cryptocurrency — a decentralized digital medium of exchange which is created, regulated, and exchanged using cryptography and (usually) open source software
  • cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
  • crystal defect — defect (def 3).
  • crystal palace — a building of glass and iron designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Erected in Hyde Park, London, it was moved to Sydenham (1852–53): destroyed by fire in 1936
  • crystal system — any of six, or sometimes seven, classifications of crystals depending on their symmetry. The classes are cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. Sometimes an additional system, trigonal, is distinguished, although this is usually included in the hexagonal system
  • crystal violet — a rosaniline dye, C25H30ClN3, used as an antiseptic, an indicator, and a bacterial stain in Gram's method
  • crystallizable — That can be crystallized.
  • cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
  • cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
  • culture center — the part of a culture area in which the most distinctive traits of the area are concentrated.
  • culture factor — culture as a causative agent, especially in contrast to biological factors.
  • culture medium — a nutritive substance, such as an agar gel or liquid medium, in which cultures of bacteria, fungi, animal cells, or plant cells are grown
  • cultured pearl — A cultured pearl is a pearl that is created by putting sand or grit into an oyster.
  • culzean castle — a Gothic Revival castle near Ayr in South Ayrshire, in SW Scotland: designed by Robert Adam (1772–92); includes a room dedicated to General Eisenhower
  • cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
  • cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
  • cumulativeness — The state or quality of being cumulative.
  • cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
  • cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
  • curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
  • currency snake — an exchange rate system that operated between various member countries of the EEC during the 1970s, in which exchange rates between the currencies of the participating states were only allowed to fluctuate within a restricted range
  • current assets — Current assets are assets which a company does not use on a continuous basis, such as stocks and debts, but which can be converted into cash within one year.
  • current rating — Current rating is the maximum current that a fuse will carry for an indefinite period without too much deterioration of the fuse element.
  • current source — A current source is a source that maintains the current at a particular value almost independent of the load conditions.
  • curtain raiser — a short play preceding a main play.
  • curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
  • curtain-raiser — A curtain-raiser is an event, especially a sporting event or a performance, that takes place before a more important one, or starts off a series of events.
  • curvaceousness — the quality of having an attractively curved figure
  • curvilinearity — consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
  • cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
  • custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
  • customer's man — registered representative.
  • customs broker — a person whose job is to assist businesses in clearing imported or exported goods through customs
  • cut sheet feed — the automatic movement of single sheets of paper through the platen of the printer
  • cut the cackle — to stop chattering; be quiet
  • cut the comedy — to stop joking
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