14-letter words containing c, l, o, u, e
- counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- country people — people who live in the country
- coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- courtesy title — any of several titles having no legal significance, such as those borne by the children of peers
- cover-shoulder — a type of blouse worn in Ghana
- cream-coloured — cream in colour
- croquet mallet — the wooden mallet used by a croquet player
- cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
- culture factor — culture as a causative agent, especially in contrast to biological factors.
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
- deflocculation — to reduce from a flocculent state by dispersing the flocculated particles.
- 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.
- dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discourteously — In a discourteous manner.
- discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
- diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- double coconut — a tall, stout, fan palm, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles Islands, having nuts that are the largest seeds of any plant, often weighing 50 pounds (22.6 kg): populations are declining.
- double deckers — (jargon) Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- double-crosser — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- duodenal ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the duodenum.
- duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
- dust collector — A dust collector is a vessel or piece of equipment for the removal of dust from a gas.
- eau de cologne — cologne.
- educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- electrocautery — Cautery using a needle or other instrument that is electrically heated.
- electroculture — the practice of using electricity in agriculture or horticulture in order to stimulate plant growth
- electrocutions — Plural form of electrocution.
- electroneutral — (physics) Having no net electric charge.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- euclidean norm — (mathematics) The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
- exclusion zone — law: forbidden entry