14-letter words containing c, i, r, o, u, m
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- quadratic form — a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5 x 2 − 2 xy + 3 y 2 .
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
- rescue mission — mission (def 16).
- retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
- rosicrucianism — the practices or principles of Rosicrucians.
- ruhmkorff coil — induction coil.
- school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
- simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
- sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- submicroscopic — too small to be seen through a microscope.
- suicide bomber — A suicide bomber is a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion.
- supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
- tcl consortium — (body) A non-profit agency dedicated to promoting Tcl.
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
- trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
- tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- ultramicrotome — a microtome capable of producing very fine slices of tissue or cellular specimens for electron microscopic examination.
- ultramicrotomy — the practice of using an ultramicrotome
- umbilical cord — Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus.
- uncircumcision — the state or condition of being uncircumcised.
- uncompromising — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unromantically — in an unromantic manner
- unromanticized — not romantic
- vacuum forming — a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mould and applying suction
- victim support — Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- yttrocolumbite — Yttrotantalite.