14-letter words containing c, o, n, u, t, p
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
- eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
- 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 space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- 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.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- 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.
- insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
- joint compound — a plasterlike material used to cover joints or the heads of screws in drywall or plasterboard.
- knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- microcomputing — the use of microcomputers.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- miscomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- mispunctuation — incorrect punctuation
- motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor
- motion picture — a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion-picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion-picture projector) in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement.
- mount prospect — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
- multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.
- multiplication — the act or process of multiplying or the state of being multiplied.
- neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
- neurocomputing — computing that makes use of neural networks
- nitro compound — any one of a class of usually organic compounds that contain the monovalent group -NO2 (nitro group or radical), linked to a carbon atom. The commonest example is nitrobenzene, C6H5NO2
- non-conceptual — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- nonconsumption — the refusal to consume certain foods
- nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
- nonparticulate — Not particulate.
- nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- not up to much — If you say that something is not up to much, you mean that it is of poor quality.
- nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
- occupationally — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
- opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
- orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
- percutaneously — through the skin