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14-letter words containing n, t, e, r

  • burying beetle — a beetle of the genus Necrophorous, which buries the dead bodies of small animals by excavating beneath them, using the corpses as food for themselves and their larvae: family Silphidae
  • bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
  • butterfingered — a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
  • butterfly knot — a particularly resistant knot which resembles a butterfly and can take loads on both ends, as well as on the loop
  • butylene group — any of four bivalent isomeric groups having the formula –C 4 H 8 –.
  • by the numbers — in prescribed sequence of movements and accompanied by a count
  • byzantine rite — the rite of the Greek Orthodox Church and of certain Uniat churches, observed in the Greek language.
  • cable trunking — Cable trunking is an enclosure usually with a rectangular cross section, and with one removable or hinged side, that is used to protect cables and provide space for other electrical equipment.
  • cafeteria plan — a fringe-benefit plan under which employees may choose from among various benefits those that best fit their needs, up to a specified dollar value.
  • cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
  • calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
  • calendar watch — a watch that indicates date of the month, day of the week, etc., as well as the time.
  • call of nature — Some people talk about a call of nature when referring politely to the need to go to the toilet.
  • cancer cluster — the occurrence of a higher than expected number of cancer cases in a small, defined geographical area or population.
  • cancer patient — a person who is receiving medical treatment for a malignant growth or tumour
  • cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
  • captain cooker — a wild pig
  • caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
  • caramelization — the conversion of sugar into caramel, caused by heating
  • 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.
  • carbonate rock — Carbonate rock is a sedimentary rock which is composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃).
  • carcinogenetic — Of or pertaining to carcinogenesis; forming cancer cells.
  • cardinal tetra — a small, brilliantly colored red and blue characin fish, Paracheirodon axelrodi, native to tropical forest streams in Brazil and Colombia: a popular aquarium fish.
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • care assistant — a person who is paid to look after one or more severely handicapped people staying in residential accommodation
  • care attendant — (in Britain) a person who is paid to look after one or more severely handicapped people by visiting them frequently and staying when needed, but who does not live in
  • carpenter moth — any of various large moths of the family Cossidae, the larvae of which bore beneath and cause damage to tree bark
  • carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
  • carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
  • carpet muncher — lesbian
  • carrion beetle — any beetle of the family Silphidae that track carrion by a keen sense of smell
  • cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
  • cartoonishness — The state or condition of being cartoonish.
  • castelo branco — Humberto de Alencar [oon-ber-too di ah-len-kahr] /ũˈbɛr tʊ dɪ ɑ lɛ̃ˈkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1900–67, Brazilian general and statesman: president 1964–67.
  • castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
  • catchment area — The catchment area of a school, hospital, or other service is the area that it serves.
  • categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
  • categorization — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • cater-cornered — diagonally placed; diagonal
  • catherine parr — Catherine, Catherine Parr.
  • catty-cornered — cater-cornered
  • celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
  • celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
  • censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
  • centenarianism — the situation or condition of being a centenarian
  • center fielder — the player whose position is center field.
  • center forward — A center forward in a team sport such as soccer or hockey is the player or position in the middle of the front row of attacking players.
  • center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
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