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14-letter words containing o, c, u, l, a, r

  • counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
  • counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
  • countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
  • court circular — (in countries having a monarchy) a daily report of the activities, engagements, etc, of the sovereign, published in a national newspaper
  • court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
  • cream-coloured — cream in colour
  • criminal court — A criminal court is a law court that deals with criminal offences.
  • croquet mallet — the wooden mallet used by a croquet player
  • cross-cultural — Cross-cultural means involving two or more different cultures.
  • cubital furrow — (in certain insects) a crease, between the cubital and anal veins, along which the wing folds.
  • culture factor — culture as a causative agent, especially in contrast to biological factors.
  • discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
  • discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
  • discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
  • dracula, count — (italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
  • duodenal ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the duodenum.
  • electrocautery — Cautery using a needle or other instrument that is electrically heated.
  • electroneutral — (physics) Having no net electric charge.
  • elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
  • enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
  • euclidean norm — (mathematics)   The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
  • exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
  • flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
  • flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
  • fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
  • fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
  • follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
  • fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
  • galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
  • global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
  • ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
  • in circulation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
  • inarticulation — (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.
  • insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
  • intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
  • intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
  • jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
  • lauryl alcohol — a compound that, depending upon purity, is either a crystalline solid or colorless liquid, C 12 H 26 O, obtained by the reduction of fatty acids of coconut oil: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic detergents.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
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