14-letter words containing c, o, n, u, r, e
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
- gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
- geiger counter — an instrument for detecting ionizing radiations, consisting of a gas-filled tube in which electric-current pulses are produced when the gas is ionized by radiation, and of a device to register these pulses: used chiefly to measure radioactivity.
- geosynchronous — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
- 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.
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
- ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
- group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- heterochronous — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
- honours course — a degree course at honours level
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- horse chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- horse-chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
- immunoreaction — Immune reaction.
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- in one's court — in one's side of the court, as a ball in a tennis game
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- incongruencies — Plural form of incongruency.
- indecorousness — The quality of being indecorous.
- induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
- inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
- inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- intercommunion — mutual communion, association, or relations.
- intercommunity — common ownership, use, participation, etc.
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- internucleonic — internuclear
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- juicing orange — an orange that is grown especially for its juice, for example the Valencia orange
- junior college — a collegiate institution offering courses only through the first one or two years of college instruction and granting a certificate of title instead of a degree.
- junior counsel — a body of barristers who are lower in rank than the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel, and who plead outside the bar in the court.
- junior officer — an officer who is not in overall command of a military unit
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- kleene closure — Kleene star