14-letter words containing c, n, a, r
- distractedness — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- diurnal circle — the apparent circle described by a heavenly body as a result of one rotation by the earth.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- dongle cracker — (security) Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
- draconic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- dracula, count — (italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
- dracunculiasis — a disease caused by infection with the Guinea worm
- dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
- drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
- dramatic irony — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- drawing office — an office where drawings are made
- dream merchant — a person, as a moviemaker or advertiser, who panders to or seeks to develop the public's craving for luxury, romance, or escapism.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
- duck and drake — ducks and drakes (def 1).
- duck on a rock — a children's game in which one player stands guard over a stone on a rock while the other players attempt to knock it off by throwing another stone in turn: if the thrower is tagged by the guard while trying to recover the stone, the two players then change positions.
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- duodenal ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the duodenum.
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- each and every — all
- early american — (of furniture, buildings, utensils, etc.) built or made in the U.S. in the colonial period or somewhat later.
- early check-in — An early check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in earlier than the normal time.
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- eastern camass — wild hyacinth.
- eastern church — any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Byzantine Church.
- eastern thrace — an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- econometrician — Someone who studies economies with a view to mathematics.
- egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
- electric organ — a pipe organ operated by electrical means
- electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
- electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- electromotance — an electromotive force
- electroneutral — (physics) Having no net electric charge.
- electronically — By means of electronics, or of electronic technology.
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electrovalence — Alternative form of electrovalency.
- electrovalency — (physics) The net electric charge on an ion.
- emergency call — a telephone call to the emergency services made during an emergency
- emergency ward — a ward in a hospital that deals with patients who need emergency treatment
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram