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14-letter words containing s, a, c, r, e, d

  • catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
  • celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
  • cerro de pasco — a town in central Peru, in the Andes: one of the highest towns in the world, 4400 m (14 436 ft) above sea level; mining centre. Pop: 70 000 (latest est)
  • charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
  • charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
  • cheddar cheese — a hard, smooth-textured cheese, made usually from the whole milk of cows and varying in color from white to deep yellow and in flavor from mild to sharp as it ages.
  • chest expander — a device for strengthening the chest muscles, consisting of two handles attached to strong springs or elastic cords that the user pulls apart across the chest
  • chevra kadisha — a Jewish burial society, usually composed of unpaid volunteers who provide funerals for members of their congregation
  • children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
  • china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
  • chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
  • chordamesoderm — a kind of mesoderm that develops into the notochord
  • clamshell door — Often, clamshell doors. a door consisting of two panels that spread open vertically, as those located on the underside of some cargo planes.
  • cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
  • coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
  • coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
  • cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
  • collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
  • commercialised — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
  • compressed air — air at a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure: used esp as a source of power for machines
  • confederations — Plural form of confederation.
  • conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
  • considerations — Plural form of consideration.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • contractedness — the state of being shortened
  • coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
  • copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • credit charges — the charges applied by credit card companies to customers buying goods on credit
  • creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
  • creme d'ananas — a liqueur flavored with pineapple.
  • crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
  • crested lizard — a long-tailed iguanid lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, of arid areas in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, having a row of enlarged scales down the back.
  • critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
  • cross-addicted — addicted to two or more substances simultaneously.
  • cross-gartered — (in Elizabethan and other costumes) wearing garters crisscrossed on the leg.
  • crystal defect — defect (def 3).
  • 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
  • cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
  • dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
  • data processor — a computer that is capable of performing operations on data in order to extract information, reorder files, etc
  • data structure — an organized form, such as an array list or string, in which connected data items are held in a computer
  • dating service — a service that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
  • dead-air space — an unventilated air space in which the air does not circulate.
  • decarboxylases — Plural form of decarboxylase.
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