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14-letter words containing o, u, t, c, r, y

  • deuteromycetes — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
  • discourteously — In a discourteous manner.
  • electrocautery — Cautery using a needle or other instrument that is electrically heated.
  • electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
  • factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hydroxybutyric — Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives.
  • hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
  • hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
  • ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
  • ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
  • ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
  • indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
  • induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
  • intercommunity — common ownership, use, participation, etc.
  • introductorily — By way of introduction.
  • macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
  • meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
  • microcircuitry — a detailed plan of an integrated circuit or a network of such circuits.
  • mother country — the country of one's birth or ancestry.
  • native country — the country someone is born in or native to
  • neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
  • neurosecretory — participating in or causal of neurosecretion; pertaining to neurosecretion
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
  • oestrous cycle — a hormonally controlled cycle of activity of the reproductive organs in many female mammals. The follicular stage (growth of the Graafian follicles, thickening of the lining of the uterus, secretion of oestrogen, and ovulation, is succeeded by the luteal phase (formation of the corpus luteum and secretion of progesterone), followed by regression and a return to the first stage
  • olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
  • postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
  • productibility — the ability to produce
  • pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
  • pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
  • quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • routing policy — (networking)   Rules implemented on a router or other network device to select routes from peers, customers, and upstream providers; select and modify routes you send to peers, customers and upstream providers and identify routes within your own Autonomous System.
  • security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
  • sequestrectomy — the removal of dead spicules or portions, especially of bone.
  • slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
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