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14-letter words containing d, i, c, o, t

  • endodontically — according to the practice of endodontics
  • enteric-coated — An enteric-coated tablet is one that is designed to temporarily withstand attack by stomach acid, so that it does not dissolve in the stomach but allows release of the medication in the intestine.
  • ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
  • ethyl chloride — a colorless liquid, C2H5Cl, prepared by heating ethyl alcohol with hydrogen chloride in the presence of zinc chloride: used in preparing tetraethyl lead and ethyl cellulose, and as a local anesthetic
  • eviction order — a legally enforceable order from a court to leave a property
  • excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
  • extension cord — an extra length of cable that can be added to an electric lead
  • firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
  • firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
  • floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
  • fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
  • fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
  • friction drive — a power transmission system utilizing a set of friction gears so arranged that varying their positions relative to one another gives a wide range of speed ratios.
  • functionalised — to make functional.
  • functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
  • fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
  • give credit to — to have confidence or trust in; believe
  • glucocorticoid — any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
  • golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
  • gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
  • grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
  • grid capacitor — a capacitor connected in series with the grid.
  • haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
  • harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • helicopter pad — landing area
  • hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
  • hepatectomized — That has undergone hepatectomy.
  • hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
  • hollerith code — a system for coding data into punched cards, in which each horizontal row is assigned a different value, and letters, numbers, or special characters are encoded as combinations of these values in a vertical column.
  • humidification — to make humid.
  • hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
  • hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
  • hydrolytically — By means of hydrolysis.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydronephrotic — of, relating to, or affected by hydronephrosis
  • hydropathicity — (chemistry) The relative hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of a compound, especially of an amino acid residue in a protein.
  • hydrophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being hydrophilic.
  • hydrophobicity — (chemistry, uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hydroscopicity — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
  • 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.
  • identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
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