14-letter words containing n, t, y
- 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.
- data integrity — (data) The absence of unintended changes or errors in some data. Integrity implies that the data is an exact copy of some original version, e.g. that it has not been corrupted in the process of being written to, and read back from, a hard disk or during transmission via some communications channel. Integrity may further imply that the information represented by the data has been validated, i.e. verified to conform to certain constraints, e.g. a date's year, month and day parts are within the appropriate ranges and the date actually exists.
- daycare centre — an establishment offering daycare to preschool children, enabling their parents to work full time or have extended relief if child care is a problem
- dcc technology — DCC technology uses a catalytic process to convert heavy hydrocarbons into light olefins.
- debt repayment — the action of repaying debts, or a single payment made to wards paying off a debt
- decay constant — the reciprocal of the decay time.
- decoration day — Memorial Day
- decoration-day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- defect density — (programming) The ratio of the number of defects to program length.
- definitionally — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- dehydrogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenate.
- dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
- dehydroretinol — (organic compound) A derivative of retinol having an extra double bond; vitamin A2.
- delayed action — A delayed action mechanism causes a delay on the device it is fitted to, so that it does not work as soon as you switch it on or operate it.
- delayed-action — (of an explosive projectile) exploding some time after hitting the target.
- dental hygiene — the maintenance of the teeth and gums in healthy condition, esp by proper brushing, the removal of plaque, etc
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- deoxythymidine — (organic chemistry) thymidine.
- departmentally — In a departmental manner; affecting departments.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- derivationally — In a derivational manner.
- detrimentality — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- diagenetically — in a diagenetic way
- diagnosability — the quality of being diagnosable
- diagnostically — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- diathermaneity — the quality of being diathermanous
- dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
- dictionary apl — Sharp APL
- dictionary.com — a popular online dictionary site that includes a wide selection of electronic reference resources, including dictionaries of American and British English, specialized dictionaries, a thesaurus, translator, crossword solver, and other reference works and games.
- diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
- differentially — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- dimenhydrinate — a synthetic, crystalline, antihistamine powder, C 17 H 22 NO⋅C 7 H 6 ClN 4 O 2 , used in the treatment of allergic disorders and as a preventive for seasickness and airsickness.
- dimensionality — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dimethylketone — acetone.
- dinner trolley — a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- directionality — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- disappointedly — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
- disciplinarity — The quality of being an academic discipline.
- discomfitingly — In a manner that discomfits.
- disconcertedly — In a disconcerted manner.
- disconnectedly — In a disconnected manner.
- disconsolately — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discontentedly — not content or satisfied; dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy: For all their wealth, or perhaps because of it, they were discontented.