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

  • church wedding — a wedding ceremony performed in a church and having a religious rather than civil content
  • circumagitated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumagitate.
  • circumbendibus — a circumlocution
  • circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
  • ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
  • clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
  • claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
  • closed circuit — a circuit without interruption, providing a continuous path through which a current can flow.
  • closed-circuit — A closed-circuit television or video system is one that operates within a limited area such as a building.
  • clouded sulfur — a sulfur butterfly, Colias philodice, having yellow wings with black edges and larvae that feed on clover and other legumes.
  • code of honour — the standards of behaviour regarded as proper
  • coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
  • compound meter — any time signature in which the upper figure is a multiple of 3, as 6/8, 9/8, 12/8, etc.
  • computer model — a model of a process or object created on a computer
  • computer-aided — done or improved by computer
  • conduct report — a report about the behaviour of a student, employee, prisoner etc
  • conducted tour — A conducted tour is a visit to a building, town, or area during which someone goes with you and explains everything to you.
  • conductometric — relating to the measurement of conductivity
  • conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • consumer goods — Consumer goods are items bought by people for their own use, rather than by businesses. Compare capital goods.
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
  • counter-demand — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
  • counterchanged — Exchanged.
  • countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
  • countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
  • counterchecked — Simple past tense and past participle of countercheck.
  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
  • countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
  • counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
  • counterpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint.
  • counterpunched — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpunch.
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
  • counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
  • coup de foudre — a sudden and amazing action or event
  • coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
  • cover-shoulder — a type of blouse worn in Ghana
  • cream-coloured — cream in colour
  • credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
  • credit squeeze — the control of credit facilities as an instrument of economic policy, associated with restrictions on bank loans and overdrafts, raised interest rates, etc
  • crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
  • crossed cheque — a cheque with two parallel lines on it, which is payable only into a bank account
  • cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
  • crushed velvet — velvet with a flat finish that has a creased effect
  • crutched friar — a member of a mendicant order, suppressed in 1656
  • cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
  • culture medium — a nutritive substance, such as an agar gel or liquid medium, in which cultures of bacteria, fungi, animal cells, or plant cells are grown
  • cultured pearl — A cultured pearl is a pearl that is created by putting sand or grit into an oyster.
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