14-letter words containing d, i, r, e, c, t
- accident prone — If you describe someone or something as accident prone, you mean that a lot of accidents or other unpleasant things happen to them.
- accident-prone — tending to have more accidents or mishaps than the average person.
- accreditations — Plural form of accreditation.
- accretion disc — the disc formed around a celestial body by the process of accretion
- accretion disk — the rapidly spinning disk of gas that forms around the more compact component of a close binary star system as mass is transferred to the compact companion from the primary star.
- acleistocardia — a failure of the foramen ovale of the heart to close.
- acquired taste — If you describe something as an acquired taste, you mean that a lot of people do not like it when they first experience it, but often start to like it more when they get to know it better.
- additive color — red, green, or blue-violet, as used in the additive process of color photography.
- adoption curve — a curve on a graph plotting the number of people using a new product against the time from its initial release
- adrenocortical — relating to the adrenal cortex
- adriatic (sea) — arm of the Mediterranean, between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula
- adverse action — An adverse action notice is an official explanation by a financial institution of why they are refusing to grant credit to someone.
- aerodynamicist — an expert in aerodynamics.
- airconditioned — Alternative spelling of air-conditioned.
- airconditioner — Alternative form of air conditioner.
- alexander city — a city in E Alabama.
- angelic doctor — an epithet of Saint Thomas Aquinas
- antiadrenergic — Preventing or counteracting the effects of adrenaline.
- antidemocratic — opposed to the principles or practice of democracy
- archaeocyathid — one of the marine invertebrates of the extinct phylum Archaeocyatha, widely distributed during the Cambrian Period, having a limy, typically conical or cylindrical skeleton composed of sievelike inner and outer walls.
- archidiaconate — the office, term of office, or area of jurisdiction of an archdeacon
- archimandrites — Plural form of archimandrite.
- arctic redpoll — a finch, Carduelis hornemanni, of the family Fringillidae, which breeds in tundra birch forest
- articled clerk — a trainee solicitor bound by a written contract
- artificialized — Simple past tense and past participle of artificialize.
- atomic-powered — powered by atomic energy
- auction bridge — a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards the game
- backside-front — backend-to.
- ball cartridge — a cartridge containing a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder
- be cursed with — to be afflicted with; suffer from
- beta reduction — [lambda-calculus] The application of a lambda abstraction to an argument expression. A copy of the body of the lambda abstraction is made and occurrences of the bound variable being replaced by the argument. E.g. (\ x . x+1) 4 --> 4+1 Beta reduction is the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus. The opposite of beta reduction is beta abstraction. These are the two kinds of beta conversion. See also name capture.
- bib and tucker — an outfit of clothes (esp in the phrase best bib and tucker)
- big red switch — (jargon) (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
- blister-packed — presented in a blister pack
- botanic garden — a place in which plants are grown, studied, and exhibited
- bread poultice — a poultice made from breadcrumbs
- breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
- bridge circuit — any of several networks, such as a Wheatstone bridge, consisting of two branches across which a measuring device is connected. The resistance, capacitance, etc, of one component can be determined from the known values of the others when the voltage in each branch is balanced
- bucket brigade — a line of persons passing buckets of water along in trying to put out a fire
- cardiac arrest — A cardiac arrest is a heart attack.
- cardinal tetra — a small, brilliantly colored red and blue characin fish, Paracheirodon axelrodi, native to tropical forest streams in Brazil and Colombia: a popular aquarium fish.
- cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
- carotid artery — A carotid artery is one of the two arteries in the neck that supply the head with blood.
- carriage trade — trade from the wealthy part of society
- cartridge belt — a belt with pockets for cartridge clips or loops for cartridges
- cartridge case — a cylindrical, usually metal casing capable of being loaded with an explosive charge and often also a bullet
- cartridge clip — a metallic container holding cartridges for an automatic firearm
- catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
- cathedral city — a city that has a cathedral
- center fielder — the player whose position is center field.
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