14-letter words containing n, o, s, e, d, i
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- commodiousness — The state or quality of being commodious.
- common soldier — a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
- compassionated — Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate.
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- condensational — Of or pertaining to condensation.
- condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
- conductivities — Plural form of conductivity.
- confederations — Plural form of confederation.
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- considerations — Plural form of consideration.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
- cottonseed oil — a yellowish or dark red oil with a nutlike smell, extracted or expelled from cottonseed, used in cooking and in the manufacture of paints, soaps, etc
- 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.
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
- cross-indexing — to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- de-designation — an act of designating.
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
- decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
- decolonisation — Alternative spelling of decolonization.
- decommissioned — to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
- decommissioner — a person who decommissions a ship, nuclear reactor, etc
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
- deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
- deconsecration — The opposite of consecration, to undo consecration. Desecration or defilement.
- deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
- deconstruction — a technique of literary analysis that regards meaning as resulting from the differences between words rather than their reference to the things they stand for. Different meanings are discovered by taking apart the structure of the language used and exposing the assumption that words have a fixed reference point beyond themselves
- deconstructive — of or relating to deconstruction
- decontaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decontaminate.
- decorativeness — The condition of being decorative.
- defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
- dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
- deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
- deinstallation — The process of deinstalling.
- demand deposit — a bank deposit from which withdrawals may be made without notice
- demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
- demolitionists — Plural form of demolitionist.
- demonstrations — Plural form of demonstration.