14-letter words containing n, o, c, a, u, s
- countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
- courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- curvaceousness — the quality of having an attractively curved figure
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- customer's man — registered representative.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
- discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
- discontinuance — the act or state of discontinuing or the state of being discontinued; cessation: the discontinuance of a business.
- discountenance — to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- documentations — (very,rare) Plural form of documentation.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
- escrow account — account held on sb else's behalf
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
- exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- facinorousness — the quality of being facinorous
- factitiousness — The quality of being factitious.
- fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fasciculations — Plural form of fasciculation.
- francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.