14-letter words containing d, y, o
- boundary fence — a fence between properties
- boundary layer — the layer of fluid closest to the surface of a solid past which the fluid flows: it has a lower rate of flow than the bulk of the fluid because of its adhesion to the solid
- boundary rider — an employee on a sheep or cattle station whose job is to maintain fences in good repair and to prevent stock from straying
- boundary value — boundary value analysis
- boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
- brachydiagonal — the shorter lateral axis of a rhombic prism
- brachypinakoid — the side parallel to the shorter horizontal axis in a crystal
- broad daylight — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- burying ground — a burial ground.
- buteyko method — a breath control technique used to prevent hyperventilation and treat asthma without drugs
- by the vanload — in very large quantities
- cacodylic acid — a colorless, crystalline, deliquescent, poisonous solid, (CH 3) 2 AsOOH, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes and as an herbicide.
- cadmium yellow — a very vivid yellow containing cadmium sulphide
- cagayan de oro — city in E Mindanao, in the Philippines; pop. 340,000
- campeachy wood — wood from the Central American tree Haematoxylon campechianum
- capacity crowd — a situation when the maximum number of people possible are watching an event such as a sports game or pop concert
- cardboard city — an area of a city in which homeless people sleep rough, often in cardboard boxes
- cardiomyopathy — a disease of the heart muscle usually caused by a biochemical defect or a toxin such as alcohol
- cardiotoxicity — The state or condition of being cardiotoxic.
- carotid artery — A carotid artery is one of the two arteries in the neck that supply the head with blood.
- catty-cornered — cater-cornered
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- cherry orchard — an orchard planted in cherry trees
- china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
- chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
- choledochotomy — incision of the common bile duct.
- chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
- city of dundee — a council area in E Scotland. Pop: 143 090 (2003 est). Area: 65 sq km (25 sq miles)
- clitoridectomy — the surgical removal of the clitoris: a form of female circumcision, esp practised as a religious or ethnic rite
- closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
- community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
- company doctor — a businessperson or accountant who specializes in turning ailing companies into profitable enterprises
- compound ovary — an ovary composed of more than one carpel.
- concentratedly — with intense mental application
- condensed type — a typeface narrower than the standard type for the series
- condescendency — Condescendence.
- conditionality — imposing, containing, subject to, or depending on a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or allowed on certain terms: conditional acceptance.
- conductibility — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- confidentially — Confidentially is used to say that what you are telling someone is a secret and should not be discussed with anyone else.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- copper cyanide — a creamy-white, highly poisonous, water-insoluble powder, CuCN, used chiefly in electroplating and in organic synthesis.
- copy and paste — to copy (information in a computer document) and put it somewhere else in the document
- correspondency — correspondence
- credit history — a record of how promptly a person pays back loans, credits, etc, over time
- cricoarytenoid — A muscle connecting the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.
- cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
- crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
- cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum