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14-letter words containing c, o, l, t, e, r

  • oestrous cycle — a hormonally controlled cycle of activity of the reproductive organs in many female mammals. The follicular stage (growth of the Graafian follicles, thickening of the lining of the uterus, secretion of oestrogen, and ovulation, is succeeded by the luteal phase (formation of the corpus luteum and secretion of progesterone), followed by regression and a return to the first stage
  • olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • oneirocritical — an interpreter of dreams.
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • optoelectronic — the branch of electronics dealing with devices that generate, transform, transmit, or sense optical, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation, as cathode-ray tubes, electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays, lasers, and solar cells.
  • oracle toolkit — Adaptable User Interface
  • oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
  • organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
  • orthomolecular — being or pertaining to the treatment of disease by increasing, decreasing, or otherwise controlling the intake of natural substances, especially vitamins. Compare megavitamin (def 1).
  • orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
  • osteosclerosis — abnormal hardening and increase in density of bone.
  • osteosclerotic — abnormal hardening and increase in density of bone.
  • over-tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
  • overallocation — Excess allocation.
  • overanalytical — too analytical
  • overcapitalize — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overcentralize — to centralize excessively
  • overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • overcontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • overparticular — precise beyond necessity
  • oversolicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
  • palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
  • particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
  • pectoral cross — a cross worn on the breast by various prelates, as a designation of office.
  • penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
  • people's court — small-claims court.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • photoelectrode — an electrode that, following the absorption of light, can initialize electrochemical transformations
  • photorealistic — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • poikilothermic — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
  • point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • port charlotte — a town in SW Florida.
  • port st. lucie — a town in E Florida.
  • portulacaceous — belonging to the Portulacaceae, the purslane family of plants.
  • postal service — organized handling and delivery of mail
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
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