14-letter words containing o, c, u, r, i, n
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
- selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- ski instructor — sb who teaches skiing
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
- station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superscription — the act of superscribing.
- superstruction — the action of superstructing
- tcl consortium — (body) A non-profit agency dedicated to promoting Tcl.
- teutonic order — a religious military order founded c1190 in the Holy Land by German crusaders that originally did charitable work among the sick and later fought against the Slavic and Baltic peoples in the eastward expansion of medieval Germany.
- thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
- ticket counter — the place where you buy a ticket for public transport, the theatre, cinema, etc
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
- truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
- trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
- truth-function — a statement so constructed from other statements that its truth-value depends on the truth-values of the other statements rather than on their meanings.
- tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turn indicator — a flight instrument that indicates the angular rate of turn of an aircraft about its vertical axis.
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- unappreciation — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
- unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
- uncircumcision — the state or condition of being uncircumcised.
- uncompromising — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- unconciliatory — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
- undereducation — to educate too little or poorly.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- ungraciousness — the state of being ungracious