14-letter words containing c, u, r, s
- nontranslucent — Not translucent.
- north caucasus — a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, E of the Black Sea.
- nostro account — a bank account conducted by a British bank with a foreign bank, usually in the foreign currency
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- nutraceuticals — Plural form of nutraceutical.
- obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- obstructionist — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- oestrous cycle — a hormonally controlled cycle of activity of the reproductive organs in many female mammals. The follicular stage (growth of the Graafian follicles, thickening of the lining of the uterus, secretion of oestrogen, and ovulation, is succeeded by the luteal phase (formation of the corpus luteum and secretion of progesterone), followed by regression and a return to the first stage
- on the surface — to all appearances
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
- orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
- over-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overscrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
- oversolicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- overstructured — excessively structured or organized.
- oversubscribed — If something such as an event or a service is oversubscribed, too many people apply to attend the event or use the service.
- oversuspicious — too suspicious
- oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parish council — local administrative body
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- pasteur effect — the inhibiting of fermentation by oxygen.
- people's court — small-claims court.
- percussion cap — a small metallic cap or cup containing fulminating powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- perfect square — a rational number that is equal to the square of another rational number.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- phillips curve — a curve that purports to plot the relationship between unemployment and inflation on the theory that as inflation falls unemployment rises and vice versa
- picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- pleasure craft — A pleasure craft is the same as a pleasure boat.
- plesiochronous — (communications) Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polar sequence — a series of stars in the vicinity of the N celestial pole whose accurately determined magnitudes serve as the standard for visual and photographic magnitudes of stars
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- port st. lucie — a town in E Florida.
- portulacaceous — belonging to the Portulacaceae, the purslane family of plants.
- postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation