14-letter words containing c, o, u, r, t, p
- counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterpersons — Plural form of counterperson.
- counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
- counterpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- counterproject — an opposing project or scheme
- counterprotest — a protest which opposes an existing protest
- counterpunched — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpunch.
- counterpuncher — a boxer who waits for an opponent to attack before punching
- counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
- country people — people who live in the country
- coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- court cupboard — a wooden stand with two or three tiers, used in the 16th and 17th centuries to display pewter, silver, etc
- court reporter — a reporter who writes about legal trials
- cross-multiply — to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
- cryptocurrency — a decentralized digital medium of exchange which is created, regulated, and exchanged using cryptography and (usually) open source software
- cryptoporticus — a covered passage, as one underground, lighted on one side.
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- curiosity shop — a shop selling unusual items and curios
- custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
- dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- direct product — a group, or other such system, every element of which can be written uniquely as the product of elements of disjoint groups, with each group contributing one element to the product.
- dutch cupboard — a buffet with open upper shelves.
- 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
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
- group practice — Also called group medicine. the practice of medicine by an association of physicians and other health professionals who work together, usually in one suite of offices.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
- heroic couplet — a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
- insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
- knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
- mercapto group — the univalent group –SH.
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- microcomputers — Plural form of microcomputer.
- microcomputing — the use of microcomputers.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field