14-letter words containing o, n, e, u
- coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.
- courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
- cross-question — If you cross-question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something.
- cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
- cryptocurrency — a decentralized digital medium of exchange which is created, regulated, and exchanged using cryptography and (usually) open source software
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
- current source — A current source is a source that maintains the current at a particular value almost independent of the load conditions.
- curvaceousness — the quality of having an attractively curved figure
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- customer's man — registered representative.
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cyanoguanidine — dicyandiamide.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- 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
- debugging tool — debugger
- decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
- deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
- deconstruction — a technique of literary analysis that regards meaning as resulting from the differences between words rather than their reference to the things they stand for. Different meanings are discovered by taking apart the structure of the language used and exposing the assumption that words have a fixed reference point beyond themselves
- deconstructive — of or relating to deconstruction
- default option — the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
- deflocculation — to reduce from a flocculent state by dispersing the flocculated particles.
- dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
- dehumanization — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
- delta function — a generalized function having the value 0 except at 0, the value infinity at 0, and an integral from minus infinity to plus infinity of 1, used in thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.
- dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
- deoxyguanosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to guanosine.
- destructionist — a person who believes in destruction, esp of social institutions
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- deunionization — to eliminate labor unions from (a company, industry, etc.).
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
- devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- diaphanousness — The quality of being diaphanous.
- dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
- diffusion line — a range of clothes made by a top fashion designer for a high-street retailer
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
- discontinuance — the act or state of discontinuing or the state of being discontinued; cessation: the discontinuance of a business.
- discount house — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.