14-letter words containing r, u, n, o
- brownie guider — the adult leader of a pack of Brownie Guides
- brushed cotton — cotton fabric that is brushed to remove excess lint and fibres to leave a soft, smooth finish
- bucking bronco — an untamed horse that cowboys try to ride in a rodeo
- buffer overrun — buffer overflow
- builder's knot — clove hitch
- building works — construction projects
- bulk transport — the transport of large quantities of goods or commodities in lorries, ships, or by rail
- bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
- bullion fringe — a thick gold or silver wire or fringed cord used as a trimming, as on military uniforms
- burn-in period — 1. (testing) A factory soak test intended to increase the chance that components that fail early due to infant mortality will fail before the system leaves the factory. 2. (jargon) When one is so intensely involved in a new project that one forgets basic needs such as food, drink and sleep. Excessive burn-in can lead to burn-out. See hack mode, larval stage.
- burnt offering — a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar, to honour, propitiate, or supplicate a deity
- bursting point — the point at which normal capacity is exceeded.
- burying ground — a burial ground.
- business hours — Business hours are the hours of the day in which a shop or a company is open for business.
- businessperson — Businesspeople are people who work in business.
- butterfly knot — a particularly resistant knot which resembles a butterfly and can take loads on both ends, as well as on the loop
- button-through — (of a dress or skirt) fastened with buttons from top to hem
- butylene group — any of four bivalent isomeric groups having the formula –C 4 H 8 –.
- cadaverousness — of or like a corpse.
- cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
- cadmium orange — a yellow color approaching orange.
- call of nature — Some people talk about a call of nature when referring politely to the need to go to the toilet.
- camp counselor — activities supervisor
- canonical hour — one of the seven prayer times appointed for each day by canon law
- canons regular — one of a body of dignitaries or prebendaries attached to a cathedral or a collegiate church; a member of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church.
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
- capriciousness — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- carbon capture — the capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide, esp as a technique to prevent climate change
- carbon neutral — A carbon neutral lifestyle, company, or activity does not cause an increase in the overall amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- carbon-neutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
- carbonyl group — the bivalent radical CO, occurring in acids, ketones, aldehydes, and their derivatives.
- cellular phone — A cellular phone or cellular telephone is a type of telephone which does not need wires to connect it to a telephone system.
- censoriousness — The state of being censorious.
- censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
- central europe — an area between Eastern and Western Europe, generally accepted as comprising Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland
- centrifugation — a being subjected to centrifugal action, esp. in a centrifuge
- cerro de punta — a mountain in central Puerto Rico: highest peak on the island. 4389 feet (1339 meters).
- charge account — a business arrangement by which a customer may buy goods or services and pay for them within a specified future period
- charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
- chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
- chondrocranium — the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
- chronosequence — (geology) A sequence of different soils formed at different times.
- church council — (in certain Lutheran churches) a body of lay delegates chosen from the congregation and charged with supporting the pastor in religious instruction, contributions to the church, etc.
- church, alonzo — Alonzo Church
- circuitousness — The state of being circuitous.
- circumcolumnar — surrounding a column.
- circumferentor — an instrument that measures the circumference of a tyre
- circumfixation — a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
- circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
- circumlocution — A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct.