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14-letter words containing e, n, r

  • circumbendibus — a circumlocution
  • circumferences — Plural form of circumference.
  • circumferentor — an instrument that measures the circumference of a tyre
  • circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
  • circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
  • circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
  • cis-trans test — a test to define the unit of genetic function, based on whether two mutations of the same character occur in a single chromosome (the cis position) or in different cistrons in each chromosome of a homologous pair (the trans position)
  • cislunar space — the region beyond the earth's atmosphere occurring between the earth and moon
  • citronella oil — the yellow aromatic oil obtained from citronella grass, used in insect repellents, soaps, perfumes, etc
  • ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
  • civil engineer — A civil engineer is a person who plans, designs, and constructs roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings.
  • clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
  • clairsentience — The ability for a person to acquire psychic knowledge by means of feeling.
  • clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
  • clarendon code — four acts passed by the Cavalier Parliament between 1661 and 1665 to deal with the religious problems of the Restoration
  • class interval — one of the intervals into which the range of a variable of a distribution is divided, esp one of the divisions of the base line of a bar chart or histogram
  • claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
  • clean and jerk — a lift in which a barbell is raised from the floor to shoulder height where it is brought to rest and then, with a lunging movement by the lifter, is thrust overhead so the arms extend straight in the air, being held in this position for a short, specified length of time.
  • clean up after — If you clean up after someone, you clean or tidy a place that they have made dirty or untidy.
  • clean-and-jerk — a lift in weightlifting in which the weight is held momentarily at shoulder height before being thrust overhead
  • clearance sale — A clearance sale is a sale in which the goods in a shop are sold at reduced prices, because the shopkeeper wants to get rid of them quickly or because the shop is closing down.
  • clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
  • clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
  • climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
  • climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
  • climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land
  • clincher-built — clinker-built (def 2).
  • clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
  • clive sinclair — (person)   Sir Clive Sinclair (1939- ) The British inventor who pioneered the home microcomputer market in the early 1980s, with the introduction of low-cost, easy to use, 8-bit computers produced by his company, Sinclair Research. Sir Clive also invented and produced a variety of electronic devices from the 1960s to 1990s, including pocket calculators (he marketed the first pocket calculator in the world), radios and televisions. Perhaps he is most famous (or some might say notorious) for his range electric vehicles, especially the Sinclair C5, introduced in 1985. He has been a member of MENSA, the high IQ society, since 1962.
  • close juncture — continuity in the articulation of two successive sounds, as in the normal transition between sounds within a word; absence of juncture (opposed to open juncture). Compare juncture (def 7), open juncture, terminal juncture.
  • closed cornice — a slightly projecting wooden cornice composed of a frieze board and a crown molding without a soffit.
  • clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
  • clustergeeking — (jargon)   /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
  • co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
  • co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
  • co-respondents — men's two-coloured shoes, usually black and white or brown and white
  • coach transfer — a short journey by coach constituting part of a longer journey taken chiefly by a different mode of transport, esp a journey to or from an airport
  • coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
  • coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
  • cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
  • cocarcinogenic — of or relating to a cocarcinogen
  • cochlear nerve — the branch of the auditory nerve that connects with the cochlea and transmits impulses to the hearing center of the brain
  • cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
  • coconut butter — a solid form of coconut oil
  • code of honour — the standards of behaviour regarded as proper
  • coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
  • coffee grinder — A coffee grinder is a machine for grinding coffee beans.
  • coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
  • coffee morning — A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity.
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