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14-letter words containing n, o, s, c, r

  • ten-cent store — five-and-ten (def 1).
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
  • to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
  • to cut corners — If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should.
  • trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • transactivator — to activate the replication of (a viral gene) through the presence of a gene at another locus, especially following a viral infection.
  • transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
  • transcutaneous — by way of or through the skin.
  • transductional — of or relating to transduction
  • transformistic — of or relating to transformism or transformists
  • transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
  • trichomoniasis — a sexually transmitted disease typically asymptomatic in men and resulting in vaginitis with a copious, frothy discharge and itching in women, caused by a trichomonad Trichomonas vaginalis.
  • trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
  • triconsonantal — having three consonants
  • trinitrocresol — a yellow, crystalline compound, C 7 H 5 N 3 O 7 , used in high explosives.
  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
  • try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
  • ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
  • un-resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • uncircumcision — the state or condition of being uncircumcised.
  • uncompromising — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
  • unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • under-consumed — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • ungraciousness — the state of being ungracious
  • unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
  • unsatisfactory — not satisfactory; not satisfying or meeting one's demands; inadequate.
  • unscrupulously — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
  • unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • upton sinclair — Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
  • valcour island — an island in NE New York, in Lake Champlain: battle 1776.
  • valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
  • van conversion — van2 (def 4).
  • varicose veins — swollen blood vessels
  • vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
  • villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
  • virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
  • voice response — output of information from a computer system in the form of speech rather than displayed text
  • vostro account — a bank account held by a foreign bank with a British bank, usually in sterling
  • wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
  • water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
  • water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
  • wearing course — the top layer of a road that carries the traffic; road surface
  • well-conserved — to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race.
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