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

  • cartridge case — a cylindrical, usually metal casing capable of being loaded with an explosive charge and often also a bullet
  • cash dispenser — A cash dispenser is a machine built into the wall of a bank or other building, which allows people to take out money from their bank account using a special card.
  • cashier's desk — A cashier's desk is the same as a cash desk.
  • casserole dish — cooking pot for oven or hob
  • 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.
  • cheese product — a processed cheese consisting in the U.S. of at least 50 percent cheese to which cheese whey or whey albumin may be added.
  • 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
  • child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
  • 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.
  • chondrogenesis — the growth of cartilage
  • chordamesoderm — a kind of mesoderm that develops into the notochord
  • choroid plexus — a multilobed vascular membrane, projecting into the cerebral ventricles, that secretes cerebrospinal fluid
  • circumbendibus — a circumlocution
  • 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 circuit — a circuit without interruption, providing a continuous path through which a current can flow.
  • closed cornice — a slightly projecting wooden cornice composed of a frieze board and a crown molding without a soffit.
  • closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
  • closed-circuit — A closed-circuit television or video system is one that operates within a limited area such as a building.
  • clouded sulfur — a sulfur butterfly, Colias philodice, having yellow wings with black edges and larvae that feed on clover and other legumes.
  • co-respondents — men's two-coloured shoes, usually black and white or brown and white
  • 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.
  • coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
  • collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
  • colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
  • colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
  • commercialised — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
  • commodore sx64 — (computer)   A "portable" Commodore 64. Shaped vaguely like a seat cushion, this cumbersome experiment in transportable computers had a detachable keyboard on one end which, when removed, revealed a 6" monitor and a 5 1/4" floppy disk drive. The curious combination of a bulky design and microscopic display are the most likely cause for the SX64's discontinuation.
  • common soldier — a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
  • 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.
  • consent decree — a negotiated agreement of the parties to a lawsuit which resolves the disputed issues and is sanctioned by the court; often, specif., such an agreement by which the defendant agrees to cease an activity or practice asserted by the government to be illegal
  • considerations — Plural form of consideration.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • consumer goods — Consumer goods are items bought by people for their own use, rather than by businesses. Compare capital goods.
  • contractedness — the state of being shortened
  • controlledness — The degree to which something is controlled.
  • coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
  • copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
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