14-letter words containing l, e, t, r, d
- bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
- butterfly weed — a North American asclepiadaceous plant, Asclepias tuberosa (or A. decumbens), having flat-topped clusters of bright orange flowers
- calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
- calendar watch — a watch that indicates date of the month, day of the week, etc., as well as the time.
- card catalogue — a catalogue of books, papers, etc, filed on cards
- 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.
- cartridge belt — a belt with pockets for cartridge clips or loops for cartridges
- cartridge clip — a metallic container holding cartridges for an automatic firearm
- cathedral city — a city that has a cathedral
- cathedral hull — a motorboat hull having a bottom characterized by two or more, usually three, V -shaped hull profiles meeting below the waterline.
- cattle breeder — a person who breeds and raises cattle
- celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
- center fielder — the player whose position is center field.
- certified mail — If you send a letter or package by certified mail, you send it using a mail service which gives you an official record of the fact that it has been mailed and delivered.
- certified milk — milk that is processed according to the sanitation standards in the area in which it is sold
- chartered club — a private club licensed to serve alcohol to members
- child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
- chlorothiazide — a diuretic drug administered orally in the treatment of chronic heart and kidney disease and hypertension. Formula: C7H6ClN3O4S2
- chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
- chocolate drop — a small disc of chocolate
- circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
- clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
- clitoridectomy — the surgical removal of the clitoris: a form of female circumcision, esp practised as a religious or ethnic rite
- 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.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
- collateralized — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralize.
- colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
- computer model — a model of a process or object created on a computer
- concentratedly — with intense mental application
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- controlledness — The degree to which something is controlled.
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
- credence table — a small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison before serving
- credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
- credit balance — the amount of money that a client of a financial institution has in his or her account, in securities, etc
- credit control — (in a business) the practice of maximizing revenue by making sure that customers are a good credit risk
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
- crested lizard — a long-tailed iguanid lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, of arid areas in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, having a row of enlarged scales down the back.
- critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
- 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.
- crushed velvet — velvet with a flat finish that has a creased effect
- crystal defect — defect (def 3).
- 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
- cultured pearl — A cultured pearl is a pearl that is created by putting sand or grit into an oyster.
- cutlery drawer — a drawer in which cutlery is kept