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14-letter words containing c, o, l, t, d

  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
  • electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.
  • eleventh chord — a chord much used in jazz, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, and eleventh above the root
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
  • endodontically — according to the practice of endodontics
  • ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
  • ethyl chloride — a colorless liquid, C2H5Cl, prepared by heating ethyl alcohol with hydrogen chloride in the presence of zinc chloride: used in preparing tetraethyl lead and ethyl cellulose, and as a local anesthetic
  • firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
  • firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
  • floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
  • fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
  • functionalised — to make functional.
  • functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
  • fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
  • glucocorticoid — any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
  • ground control — an airport facility that supervises the movement of aircraft and ground vehicles on ramps and taxiways.
  • half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
  • hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • helicopter pad — landing area
  • hollerith code — a system for coding data into punched cards, in which each horizontal row is assigned a different value, and letters, numbers, or special characters are encoded as combinations of these values in a vertical column.
  • hydrolytically — By means of hydrolysis.
  • hydrophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being hydrophilic.
  • idiopathically — In an idiopathic sense or manner.
  • immethodically — Unmethodically.
  • indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
  • induction coil — a transformer for producing high-voltage alternating current from a low-voltage direct current, consisting essentially of two concentric coils with a common soft-iron core, a primary coil with relatively few windings of heavy wire, and a secondary coil with many turns of fine wire. Excitation of the primary coil by rapidly interrupted or variable current induces high voltage in the secondary coil.
  • interelectrode — existing between multiple electrodes
  • introductorily — By way of introduction.
  • isodiametrical — isodiametric
  • jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
  • knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
  • labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
  • lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
  • lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
  • legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
  • leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
  • liberty bodice — a sleeveless vest-like undergarment made from thick cotton and covering the upper part of the body, formerly worn esp by young children
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