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14-letter words containing s, e, t, c, r, u

  • clustergeeking — (jargon)   /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
  • commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
  • commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • compute server — (computer, parallel)   A kind of parallel processor where the parallel processors have no I/O except via a bus or other connection to a front-end processor which handles all I/O to disks, terminals and network. In some antiquated IBM mainframes, a second CPU was provided that could not access I/O devices, known as the slave or attached processor, while the CPU having access to all devices was known as the master processor.
  • computer virus — virus
  • concrete music — music consisting of an electronically modified montage of tape-recorded sounds
  • connaturalness — connaturality
  • conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
  • constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
  • constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • consular agent — a consul of one of the lower grades
  • conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
  • control survey — an accurate survey of a region forming a basis for more detailed surveys.
  • copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
  • coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
  • cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
  • counter-thrust — to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
  • counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
  • counterassault — a counterattack
  • counterattacks — Plural form of counterattack; Alternative spelling of counter-attacks.
  • countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
  • counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
  • countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
  • countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
  • counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
  • counterpersons — Plural form of counterperson.
  • counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
  • counterprotest — a protest which opposes an existing protest
  • counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
  • 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
  • countersigning — Present participle of countersign.
  • countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
  • countersubject — (in a fugue) the theme in one voice that accompanies the statement of the subject in another
  • counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
  • country singer — a singer of country and western music
  • courtesy coach — a free coach
  • courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
  • courtesy title — any of several titles having no legal significance, such as those borne by the children of peers
  • cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
  • creatureliness — creatural.
  • credit squeeze — the control of credit facilities as an instrument of economic policy, associated with restrictions on bank loans and overdrafts, raised interest rates, etc
  • crêpes suzette — crêpes rolled or folded in a hot, orange-flavored sauce and usually served in flaming brandy
  • 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.
  • cross-question — If you cross-question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something.
  • crucible steel — a high-quality steel made by melting wrought iron, charcoal, and other additives in a crucible
  • cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
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