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

  • reconciliation — an act of reconciling, as when former enemies agree to an amicable truce.
  • reconciliatory — tending to reconcile.
  • reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • recreationally — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • reflectionless — unable to reflect, not possessing a reflection
  • rejection slip — a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • remote control — control of the operation or performance of an apparatus from a distance, as the control of a guided missile by radio signals.
  • rent allowance — money given to individuals by the government that subsidises the cost of renting a property
  • rent collector — a person who goes from house to house collecting rental payments for the owner of those houses
  • resolicitation — the act of soliciting.
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • ripple control — the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses
  • roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
  • rolling cutter — A rolling cutter is a drill bit which is often used for drilling hard rock.
  • roman catholic — of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
  • rossel current — a seasonal Pacific Ocean current, a branch of the South Equatorial Current, flowing W and NW past New Guinea.
  • rostral column — a memorial column having sculptures representing the rams of ancient ships.
  • routing policy — (networking)   Rules implemented on a router or other network device to select routes from peers, customers, and upstream providers; select and modify routes you send to peers, customers and upstream providers and identify routes within your own Autonomous System.
  • sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
  • scintillometer — a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier.
  • sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
  • secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
  • social control — Sociology. the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure.
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • solar constant — the average rate at which radiant energy is received from the sun by the earth, equal to 1.94 small calories per minute per square centimeter of area perpendicular to the sun's rays, measured at a point outside the earth's atmosphere when the earth is at its mean distance from the sun.
  • 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 carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
  • staghorn coral — staghorn coral.
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • sunburst clock — a clock with the pattern or design of a sun
  • tcl consortium — (body)   A non-profit agency dedicated to promoting Tcl.
  • technothriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
  • teleconference — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
  • teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
  • ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • terotechnology — a branch of technology that utilizes management, financial, and engineering expertise in the installation and efficient operation and maintenance of equipment and machinery
  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • thermoelectron — an electron emitted by an incandescent material.
  • to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
  • tolerance zone — an designated area where prostitutes can work without being arrested
  • toronto euclid — (language)   The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
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