14-letter words containing d, u, n, c, i
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- multiconductor — having or involving several electrical conductors
- multinucleated — Having multiple nuclei; multinucleate.
- municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- muscle spindle — Cell Biology. a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of striated muscle fibers and sensory nerve endings in a connective tissue sheath, that conveys information via the spinal nerves on the state of muscle stretch, important in the reflex mechanism that maintains body posture.
- neuroendocrine — of or relating to the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems, especially in relation to hormones.
- nitro compound — any one of a class of usually organic compounds that contain the monovalent group -NO2 (nitro group or radical), linked to a carbon atom. The commonest example is nitrobenzene, C6H5NO2
- non-conductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
- non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- non-customized — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- non-nucleoside — any of various antiviral drugs that bind directly to reverse transcriptase and prevent RNA conversion to DNA, used in combination with other drugs to treat HIV infection.
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nondisjunction — the failure of chromosomes to separate and segregate into daughter cells at division.
- noneducational — not educational or related to education
- nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
- nulli secundus — second to none
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- numidian crane — the demoiselle crane
- onium compound — type of chemical salt
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
- owner-occupied — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
- photoinduction — the act or process of being photoinduced
- photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
- photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
- picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
- pitch and putt — of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.
- pitch-and-putt — of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.
- pneumatic duct — the duct joining the air bladder and alimentary canal of a physostomous fish.
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
- postproduction — (in motion pictures, recording, etc.) the technical processes, as cutting, editing, and post-synchronization, necessary to ready a filmed or recorded work for sale or exhibition.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- pre-discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
- production run — all of the processes necessary to manufacture a certain product etc
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.