14-letter words containing c, o, d, a
- coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- coated vesicle — a clathrin-covered vesicle that forms from the closure of a coated pit, engulfing the ligand-receptor complex in endocytosis.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
- collateralized — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralize.
- colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
- colorado river — a state in the W United States. 104,247 sq. mi. (270,000 sq. km). Capital: Denver. Abbreviation: CO (for use with zip code), Col., Colo.
- colorado topaz — a tawny-coloured form of topaz found in Colorado
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- come to a head — to be about to discharge pus
- come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
- command module — the cone-shaped module used as the living quarters in an Apollo spacecraft and functioning as the splashdown vehicle
- command-driven — pertaining to or denoting a software program whose instructions to perform specified tasks are issued by the user as typed commands in predetermined syntax (contrasted with menu-driven).
- commandantship — the office of a commandant
- commercialised — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- commercialized — spoiled by commercial exploitation; degraded
- commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
- common ragweed — a plant, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, of a chiefly North American genus: family Asteraceae (composites). Its green tassel-like flowers produce large amounts of pollen, which causes hay fever
- community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
- company doctor — a businessperson or accountant who specializes in turning ailing companies into profitable enterprises
- compass window — a bay window having a semicircular shape
- compassionated — Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate.
- compound fault — a series of closely spaced faults
- compound ovary — an ovary composed of more than one carpel.
- compound sugar — any sugar that when hydrolyzed yields two or more monosaccharides.
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
- compressed air — air at a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure: used esp as a source of power for machines
- computer-aided — done or improved by computer
- concentratedly — with intense mental application
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.
- condensational — Of or pertaining to condensation.
- conditionality — imposing, containing, subject to, or depending on a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or allowed on certain terms: conditional acceptance.
- conduplication — (of a leaf in the bud) folded lengthwise with the upper face of the blade within.
- confederations — Plural form of confederation.
- confidence man — A confidence man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
- confidentially — Confidentially is used to say that what you are telling someone is a secret and should not be discussed with anyone else.
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- considerations — Plural form of consideration.
- consolidations — Plural form of consolidation.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- container dock — a dock designed for cargo containers
- containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
- contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contextualized — Simple past tense and past participle of contextualize.
- contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
- contractedness — the state of being shortened
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.