14-letter words containing o, r, d
- 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.
- coup de foudre — a sudden and amazing action or event
- coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
- court cupboard — a wooden stand with two or three tiers, used in the 16th and 17th centuries to display pewter, silver, etc
- cover-shoulder — a type of blouse worn in Ghana
- covered bridge — a bridge that is enclosed by a roof and walls.
- covered market — an indoor market
- cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
- crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
- cream-coloured — cream in colour
- 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
- credit history — a record of how promptly a person pays back loans, credits, etc, over time
- creme de cacao — a sweet liqueur with a chocolate flavour
- cribbage board — a board, with pegs and holes, used for scoring at cribbage
- cricoarytenoid — A muscle connecting the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.
- crocodile bird — an African courser, Pluvianus aegyptius, that lives close to rivers and is thought to feed on insects parasitic on crocodiles
- crocodile clip — a clasp with serrated interlocking edges used for making electrical connections
- cross bridging — bridging composed of crisscross pieces of wood.
- cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
- cross-addicted — addicted to two or more substances simultaneously.
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cross-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having the high-pressure and low-pressure units side by side.
- cross-dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
- cross-gartered — (in Elizabethan and other costumes) wearing garters crisscrossed on the leg.
- cross-indexing — to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.
- cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
- crossed cheque — a cheque with two parallel lines on it, which is payable only into a bank account
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- 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.
- crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
- cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
- cryptosporidia — Plural form of cryptosporidium.
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- cyberdemocracy — Democracy as facilitated by the Internet or cyberspace.
- 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.
- dactyliography — the art of engraving or writing on gems
- dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
- daguerreotypes — Plural form of daguerreotype.
- dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
- 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.