14-letter words containing o, d, e, r, n
- converted rice — white rice prepared from brown rice that has been pressure-steamed to enable the nutrients within the bran to be absorbed by the starchy endosperm before the rice is dried and milled.
- coopered joint — a joint made between pieces in a polygonal or curved construction, using either splines or dowels.
- coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
- copper cyanide — a creamy-white, highly poisonous, water-insoluble powder, CuCN, used chiefly in electroplating and in organic synthesis.
- copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- correspondence — Correspondence is the act of writing letters to someone.
- correspondency — correspondence
- correspondents — Plural form of correspondent.
- cottage garden — an informal style of garden which has beds planted with a great variety of traditional flowers
- counter-demand — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
- counterchanged — Exchanged.
- countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
- countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
- counterchecked — Simple past tense and past participle of countercheck.
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
- counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
- counterpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint.
- counterpunched — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpunch.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
- counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
- cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
- credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
- credit control — (in a business) the practice of maximizing revenue by making sure that customers are a good credit risk
- cricoarytenoid — A muscle connecting the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
- cross-indexing — to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.
- crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- cylinder front — a front cover for a desk or the like, consisting either of a solid piece or of a tambour sliding up and back in quadrantal grooves.
- cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- damage control — Damage control is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
- dano-norwegian — Bokmål.
- dark continent — Africa, especially before the late 19th cent. when little was known of it
- dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
- debenture bond — a corporate bond unsecured by any mortgage, dependent on the credit of the issuer.
- debt of honour — a debt that is morally but not legally binding, such as one contracted in gambling
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
- decolorization — decolor.
- decommissioner — a person who decommissions a ship, nuclear reactor, etc
- deconcentrated — to reduce the power or control of (a corporation, industry, etc.); decentralize.
- deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.