15-letter words containing o, c, y, t, e
- dichotomous key — a key used to identify a plant or animal in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified
- dideoxycytidine — The drug zalcitabine.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- discovery inlet — an inlet of the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
- discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- domestic system — a manufacturing system whereby workers make products in their own homes with materials supplied by entrepreneurs.
- dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
- econometrically — In terms of econometrics.
- eddystone rocks — a dangerous group of rocks at the W end of the English Channel, southwest of Plymouth: lighthouse
- egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
- electroanalyses — Plural form of electroanalysis.
- electroanalysis — (physics, chemistry) Any of several electrochemical forms of analysis.
- electrodialyses — Plural form of electrodialysis.
- electrodialysis — Dialysis in which the movement of ions is aided by an electric field applied across the semipermeable membrane.
- electrodialytic — Relating to electrodialysis.
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- electromyograms — Plural form of electromyogram.
- electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
- electrorheology — the study of the flow of fluids under the influence of electric fields
- eleutherodactyl — (of a bird) having the hind toe free
- encyclopedicity — The quality or state of being encyclopedic.
- endonucleolytic — relating to endonuclease
- entomologically — In terms of entomology.
- escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
- ethnic minority — an immigrant or racial group regarded by those claiming to speak for the cultural majority as distinct and unassimilated
- ethnocentricity — Practising or the policies surrounding being ethnocentric.
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethnopsychology — The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups.
- ethyl cellulose — an ethyl ether of cellulose obtained as a white granular solid by treating wood pulp soaked in sodium hydroxide (alkali cellulose) with ethyl chloride: used in adhesives, plastics, insulation, etc.
- ethylene glycol — a colorless, viscous liquid, HOCH2CH2OH, used as an antifreeze, as a solvent, in resins, etc.
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
- exoerythrocytic — occurring outside the red blood cells, esp of a developmental stage of protozoan parasites
- extradictionary — (obsolete) Consisting not of words but of realities.
- factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
- ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
- first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
- food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
- food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
- for a certainty — without doubt
- frontal cyclone — any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
- gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
- gene technology — manipulation of DNA
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- hay conditioner — either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying
- heliocentricity — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.