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14-letter words containing n, o, t, u, r

  • auxiliary tone — a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a step above or below and returning to the principal tone; embellishment.
  • back to nature — If you want to get back to nature, you want to return to a simpler way of living.
  • bamboo curtain — (esp in the 1950s and 1960s) the political and military barrier to communications around the People's Republic of China
  • bamboo turning — turning of spindles and framing members to simulate the jointing of bamboo.
  • basque country — Theregion comprising three provinces in N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay, inhabited by Basques: 2,803 sq mi (7,260 sq km); pop. 2,104,000
  • beta geminorum — Pollux
  • beta reduction — [lambda-calculus] The application of a lambda abstraction to an argument expression. A copy of the body of the lambda abstraction is made and occurrences of the bound variable being replaced by the argument. E.g. (\ x . x+1) 4 --> 4+1 Beta reduction is the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus. The opposite of beta reduction is beta abstraction. These are the two kinds of beta conversion. See also name capture.
  • binary counter — (electronics, hardware)   A digital circuit which has a clock input and a number of count outputs which give the number of clock cycles. The output may change either on rising or falling clock edges. The circuit may also have a reset input which sets all outputs to zero when asserted. The counter may be either a synchronous counter or a ripple counter.
  • bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
  • bobbin turning — turning of furniture legs, stretchers, etc., to resemble a continuous row of bobbins.
  • bone structure — the skeletal composition of a human or animal
  • bone turquoise — fossilized bone or tooth stained blue with iron phosphate and used as a gemstone
  • bottle turning — the turning of the legs of chairs, tables, etc., in manufacturing to give certain sections an ornamental, bottlelike form.
  • bouleversement — an overthrow or reversal; violent turmoil
  • bound moisture — Bound moisture is liquid in a solid, which exerts a vapor pressure that is less than the pure liquid would do at the same temperature.
  • boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
  • bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
  • brushed cotton — cotton fabric that is brushed to remove excess lint and fibres to leave a soft, smooth finish
  • builder's knot — clove hitch
  • bulk transport — the transport of large quantities of goods or commodities in lorries, ships, or by rail
  • bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
  • burnt offering — a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar, to honour, propitiate, or supplicate a deity
  • bursting point — the point at which normal capacity is exceeded.
  • butterfly knot — a particularly resistant knot which resembles a butterfly and can take loads on both ends, as well as on the loop
  • button-through — (of a dress or skirt) fastened with buttons from top to hem
  • butylene group — any of four bivalent isomeric groups having the formula –C 4 H 8 –.
  • call of nature — Some people talk about a call of nature when referring politely to the need to go to the toilet.
  • cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
  • carbon capture — the capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide, esp as a technique to prevent climate change
  • carbon neutral — A carbon neutral lifestyle, company, or activity does not cause an increase in the overall amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
  • carbon-neutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
  • censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
  • central europe — an area between Eastern and Western Europe, generally accepted as comprising Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland
  • centrifugation — a being subjected to centrifugal action, esp. in a centrifuge
  • cerro de punta — a mountain in central Puerto Rico: highest peak on the island. 4389 feet (1339 meters).
  • charge account — a business arrangement by which a customer may buy goods or services and pay for them within a specified future period
  • charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
  • circuitousness — The state of being circuitous.
  • circumferentor — an instrument that measures the circumference of a tyre
  • circumfixation — a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
  • circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
  • circumlocution — A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct.
  • circumnutation — the irregular spiral or elliptical rotation of the apex of a growing stem, root, or shoot, caused by differences in the rate of growth of the opposite sides
  • circumnutatory — relating to circumnutation
  • circumposition — the act of circumposing
  • circumrotation — Rotation or revolution around an axis.
  • circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
  • circumvolution — the act of turning, winding, or folding around a central axis
  • close juncture — continuity in the articulation of two successive sounds, as in the normal transition between sounds within a word; absence of juncture (opposed to open juncture). Compare juncture (def 7), open juncture, terminal juncture.
  • coarticulation — concomitance of articulation, as in fro, ostensibly a succession of three discrete sounds but physically a single articulation (f-) blending into a coarticulation (-fr-), which blends into an articulation (-r-), which blends into a coarticulation (-ro-), which blends into an articulation (-o).
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