14-letter words containing r, o, t, c, a, n
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- gamma-carotene — one of the forms of the pigment carotene
- gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
- gentrification — the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
- geometric mean — the mean of n positive numbers obtained by taking the n th root of the product of the numbers: The geometric mean of 6 and 24 is 12.
- gerontocracies — Plural form of gerontocracy.
- gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
- glans-clitoris — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- go-cart racing — the sport of riding on karts
- golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
- grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
- gratifications — Plural form of gratification.
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
- ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- image orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.
- immunoreaction — Immune reaction.
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- in circulation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
- inarticulation — (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.
- incarcerations — Plural form of incarceration.
- income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- incontrollable — uncontrollable.
- incoordination — lack of coordination.
- incorporations — Plural form of incorporation.
- incorporeality — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
- incrementation — The act or process of incrementing.
- indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indoctrinating — Present participle of indoctrinate.
- indoctrination — the act of indoctrinating, or teaching or inculcating a doctrine, principle, or ideology, especially one with a specific point of view: religious indoctrination.
- 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
- inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
- infection rate — the rate at which a disease is spread among people
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- interactionism — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- interactionist — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.