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14-letter words containing d, i, l, u

  • cardiovascular — of the heart and the blood vessels as a unified body system
  • cellular radio — radio communication based on a network of transmitters each serving a small area known as a cell: used in personal communications systems in which the mobile receiver switches frequencies automatically as it passes from one cell to another
  • child guidance — the counselling of emotionally disturbed children
  • chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
  • choroid plexus — a multilobed vascular membrane, projecting into the cerebral ventricles, that secretes cerebrospinal fluid
  • circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
  • ciudad bolivar — a port in E Venezuela, on the Orinoco River: accessible to ocean-going vessels. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)
  • 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
  • cleaning fluid — a solvent or other solution for removing stains or cleaning particular objects
  • clifford trust — a type of living trust set up for at least a 10-year period, during which the income goes to a beneficiary and after which the principal reverts to the grantor.
  • 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 magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
  • co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.
  • conductibility — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
  • conduplication — (of a leaf in the bud) folded lengthwise with the upper face of the blade within.
  • contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualized — Simple past tense and past participle of contextualize.
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • 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
  • cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
  • daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
  • daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
  • de-icing fluid — a liquid that removes or discourages the formation of ice
  • debugging tool — debugger
  • default option — the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
  • deflocculation — to reduce from a flocculent state by dispersing the flocculated particles.
  • delightfulness — The state or quality of being delightful.
  • delivery suite — the area in a hospital where babies are delivered
  • delta aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
  • delta function — a generalized function having the value 0 except at 0, the value infinity at 0, and an integral from minus infinity to plus infinity of 1, used in thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.
  • denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
  • denumerability — the quality of being countable
  • despiritualize — to render less spiritual; to remove the spiritual character of; to make more material
  • despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
  • devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
  • dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
  • diazonium salt — any of a class of compounds with the general formula ArN:N–M+, where Ar is an aryl group and M is a metal atom; made by the action of nitrous acid on aromatic amines and used in dyeing
  • dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
  • diffuse nebula — nebula (def 1a).
  • diffusion line — a range of clothes made by a top fashion designer for a high-street retailer
  • dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
  • dip-slip fault — a fault on which the movement is in the direction of the dip of the fault
  • diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
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