14-letter words containing c, o, l, d, s
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- monocotyledons — Plural form of monocotyledon.
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- mushroom cloud — mushroom (def 4).
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).
- nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
- non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- non-nucleoside — any of various antiviral drugs that bind directly to reverse transcriptase and prevent RNA conversion to DNA, used in combination with other drugs to treat HIV infection.
- nonclandestine — not clandestine or secret; open
- noncondensable — lacking the ability to be condensed
- octodecillions — Plural form of octodecillion.
- old school tie — a necktie striped in the colors of a specific English public school, especially as worn by a graduate to indicate his educational background.
- old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
- pickled onions — onions which have been preserved in vinegar or brine
- placido's disk — a device marked with concentric black rings, used to detect corneal irregularities.
- platonic solid — one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
- policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
- polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
- postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
- preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- pseudo-classic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- sacred college — the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
- salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- scalar product — inner product (def 1).
- 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).
- school of mind — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the original unity of all things, to be grasped through the perfect attainment of jen.
- schoolchildren — a child attending school.
- 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.
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
- self-collected — having or showing self-control; composed; self-possessed.
- self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.