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14-letter words containing c, o, u, l, d

  • incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
  • 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.
  • introductorily — By way of introduction.
  • irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
  • jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
  • lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
  • legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
  • leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
  • light-coloured — having a light colour
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • liquid compass — wet compass.
  • loud and clear — loudly and clearly
  • macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
  • mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
  • mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
  • multiconductor — having or involving several electrical conductors
  • multielectrode — having or involving several electrodes
  • municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • mushroom cloud — mushroom (def 4).
  • musical comedy — musical (def 5).
  • nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
  • non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
  • non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • non-nucleoside — any of various antiviral drugs that bind directly to reverse transcriptase and prevent RNA conversion to DNA, used in combination with other drugs to treat HIV infection.
  • noneducational — not educational or related to education
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
  • old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
  • overindulgence — excessive indulgence
  • parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
  • photoduplicate — photocopy.
  • police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • productibility — the ability to produce
  • propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • pseudo-classic — falsely or spuriously classic.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
  • public holiday — national day off work
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • required-cobol — A minimal subset of COBOL developed in 1961. It was later dropped entirely.
  • ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • scalar product — inner product (def 1).
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