14-letter words containing c, o, y, p, u
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- 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.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- platycephalous — flat-headed
- plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- 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.
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
- postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
- primary colour — Primary colours are basic colours that can be mixed together to produce other colours. They are usually considered to be red, yellow, blue, and sometimes green.
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- productibility — the ability to produce
- psychoacoustic — relating to psychoacoustics
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- public holiday — national day off work
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- rhynchophorous — of or relating to rhynchophores
- routing policy — (networking) Rules implemented on a router or other network device to select routes from peers, customers, and upstream providers; select and modify routes you send to peers, customers and upstream providers and identify routes within your own Autonomous System.
- sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
- schizophyceous — belonging to the Schizophyceae, a group of unicellular bluish-green algae, occurring in both salt and fresh water and often causing pollution of drinking water.
- sclerophyllous — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
- superciliously — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- uncontemporary — outmoded
- unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- unproductivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- unscrupulously — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
- unsuspiciously — not suspiciously; in an unsuspicious manner
- yellow puccoon — a plant, Lithospermum incisum, of central and western North America, having numerous branches and fringed yellow flowers.