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14-letter words containing c, o, n, u, t, i

  • fortune cookie — a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants.
  • fructification — act of fructifying; the fruiting of a plant, fungus, etc.
  • fuel injection — the spraying of liquid fuel into the cylinders or combustion chambers of an engine.
  • function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
  • function shift — a change in the syntactic function of a word, as when the noun mushroom is used as an intransitive verb
  • function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
  • 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.
  • fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
  • gamma function — a function defined by Γ(x) = ∫0∞tx–1e–tdt, where x is real and greater than zero
  • 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.
  • geolinguistics — the study of the geographical distribution of languages
  • gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
  • gibbs function — the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its enthalpy minus the product of its absolute temperture and entropy: a decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available exclusive of that due to pressure times volume change during a reversible, isothermal, isobaric process.
  • grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
  • gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
  • hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
  • humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
  • humidification — to make humid.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
  • ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
  • immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
  • immunogenicity — causing or capable of producing an immune response.
  • immunoreaction — Immune reaction.
  • immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
  • immunotoxicity — The toxic effect of an immunotoxin on the immune system.
  • in circulation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
  • in conjunction — together, jointly
  • in countenance — calm; composed
  • in one's court — in one's side of the court, as a ball in a tennis game
  • inarticulation — (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.
  • incautiousness — The quality of being incautious.
  • incestuousness — The state or property of being incestuous.
  • income account — an account maintained for a particular item of revenue or income.
  • income support — welfare payment to low earners
  • incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
  • inconsequentia — Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
  • inconsequently — In an inconsequential way, or a way that suggests a lack of consequence.
  • incontiguously — in an incontiguous or unconnected fashion; discretely
  • indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • infectiousness — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
  • infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
  • inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
  • injection pump — An injection pump is a device that supplies fuel under pressure to the injector of a fuel injection system.
  • instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
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