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14-letter words containing c, l, o, n, e

  • reflectionless — unable to reflect, not possessing a reflection
  • rejection slip — a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • remote control — control of the operation or performance of an apparatus from a distance, as the control of a guided missile by radio signals.
  • rent allowance — money given to individuals by the government that subsidises the cost of renting a property
  • rent collector — a person who goes from house to house collecting rental payments for the owner of those houses
  • resolicitation — the act of soliciting.
  • rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
  • ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
  • ripple control — the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses
  • road allowance — land reserved by the government to be used for public roads
  • roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
  • rolling cutter — A rolling cutter is a drill bit which is often used for drilling hard rock.
  • roman calendar — the calendar in use in ancient Rome until 46 b.c., when it was replaced with the Julian calendar.
  • rossel current — a seasonal Pacific Ocean current, a branch of the South Equatorial Current, flowing W and NW past New Guinea.
  • runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
  • salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
  • sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
  • san jose scale — a scale insect, Aspidiotus perniciosus, that is highly destructive to fruit trees and shrubs throughout the U.S.
  • sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
  • schoolchildren — a child attending school.
  • schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
  • scintillometer — a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier.
  • sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
  • secondary cell — storage cell.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
  • selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
  • selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
  • self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
  • self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
  • self-condemned — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
  • self-confessed — openly admitting to being a type of person with a particular quality, habit, character, etc.: He's a self-confessed gambler.
  • self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
  • self-confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
  • self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
  • self-consoling — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
  • self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • self-contented — contented with what one is or has
  • self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
  • self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
  • self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
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