14-letter words containing c, o, m, a, u, n
- ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- quantum optics — the branch of optics dealing with light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it is considered as a wave motion.
- quasi-economic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
- rosicrucianism — the practices or principles of Rosicrucians.
- rostral column — a memorial column having sculptures representing the rams of ancient ships.
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- unaccommodated — not accommodated; not adapted.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- uncommunicable — incommunicable.
- uncommunicated — that has not been communicated
- uncontaminated — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- uncontemporary — outmoded
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
- undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unromantically — in an unromantic manner
- unromanticized — not romantic
- vacuum forming — a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mould and applying suction
- vacuum molding — Vacuum molding is a type of molding in which pressure is applied by introducing a vacuum on the side of the mold.