14-letter words containing n, o, c, t
- cross-question — If you cross-question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something.
- cross-reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
- crossing point — a place where people cross a road, border, or river
- crosssectional — Misspelling of cross-sectional.
- 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.
- crown attorney — a lawyer who acts for the Crown, esp as prosecutor in a criminal court
- cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
- cryoextraction — the surgical removal of a cataract with a cryoprobe.
- cryoprotectant — an agent which prevents cell damage caused by cryopreservation
- cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
- cryptocurrency — a decentralized digital medium of exchange which is created, regulated, and exchanged using cryptography and (usually) open source software
- cryptovolcanic — of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.
- crystalisation — Alternative spelling of crystallization.
- crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
- cuckold's knot — a hitch, as for holding a spar, consisting of a single loop with the overlapping parts of the rope seized together.
- cult following — the admiration that is felt by a particular group for a film, book, band, etc
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- currant tomato — a Peruvian plant, Lycopersicum pimpinellifolium, of the nightshade family, having numerous bell-shaped, yellow flowers and small, currantlike, red fruit.
- current source — A current source is a source that maintains the current at a particular value almost independent of the load conditions.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- customer's man — registered representative.
- cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
- cyanoacetylene — a nitrile compound known to exist in interstellar clouds
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
- cylinder front — a front cover for a desk or the like, consisting either of a solid piece or of a tambour sliding up and back in quadrantal grooves.
- cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
- cytogeneticist — One who studies cytogenetics.
- cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
- cytoprotectant — A cytoprotectant is a medication for ulcers that increases the level of mucus in the stomach in order to protect the stomach lining from acid.
- cytoprotection — (biology) The process by which various compounds protect cells from damage.
- cytotechnology — the microscopic analysis of cells for the early detection of abnormalities and diagnosis of diseases such as cancer
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- damage control — Damage control is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
- dance of death — a pictorial, literary, or musical representation, current esp in the Middle Ages, of a dance in which living people, in order of social precedence, are led off to their graves, by a personification of death
- dark continent — Africa, especially before the late 19th cent. when little was known of it
- dcc technology — DCC technology uses a catalytic process to convert heavy hydrocarbons into light olefins.
- decaffeination — The removal of caffeine.
- decay constant — the reciprocal of the decay time.
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decimalization — Alternative spelling of decimalisation.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise