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14-letter words containing c, u, r, d

  • euclidean norm — (mathematics)   The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
  • exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
  • exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
  • fiduciary bond — a bond filed by a fiduciary administering an estate as surety.
  • flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
  • flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
  • flower-de-luce — the iris flower or plant.
  • fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
  • food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
  • founder effect — the accumulation of random genetic changes in an isolated population as a result of its proliferation from only a few parent colonizers.
  • fourfold block — a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
  • fredericksburg — a city in NE Virginia, on the Rappahannock River: scene of a Confederate victory 1862.
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
  • frequency band — band2 (def 9).
  • frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
  • futtock shroud — any of several metal rods secured at their lower ends to a futtock band and at their upper ends to a futtock plate, connecting the lower mast to the topmast rigging.
  • garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
  • garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
  • global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
  • glucocorticoid — any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
  • ground control — an airport facility that supervises the movement of aircraft and ground vehicles on ramps and taxiways.
  • ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
  • harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
  • heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
  • heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
  • hindu calendar — a lunisolar calendar that governs all Hindu and most Indian festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and subsequently modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d.
  • honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
  • hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
  • house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
  • hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
  • hydraulic lift — an elevator operated by fluid pressure, especially one used for raising automobiles in service stations and garages.
  • hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
  • hydraulic ramp — a movable ramp operated by pressure transmitted through a pipe by a liquid
  • hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
  • hydrocellulose — a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
  • hydroxybutyric — Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives.
  • hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
  • indecorousness — The quality of being indecorous.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
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