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14-letter words containing s, o, r, d, i

  • building works — construction projects
  • camelopardalis — a N constellation between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia; the Giraffe
  • capparidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Capparidaceae (or (Capparaceae), a family of plants, mostly shrubs including the caper, of warm tropical regions
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • cardiovascular — of the heart and the blood vessels as a unified body system
  • casserole dish — cooking pot for oven or hob
  • catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
  • child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
  • 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.
  • chondrogenesis — the growth of cartilage
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • choroid plexus — a multilobed vascular membrane, projecting into the cerebral ventricles, that secretes cerebrospinal fluid
  • chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
  • clifford trust — a type of living trust set up for at least a 10-year period, during which the income goes to a beneficiary and after which the principal reverts to the grantor.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • common divisor — a number that is a submultiple of all the numbers of a given set.
  • 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.
  • considerations — Plural form of consideration.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
  • contradictions — the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
  • contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
  • contradistinct — Distinguished by opposite qualities.
  • coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
  • corticosteroid — any steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that affects carbohydrate, protein, and electrolyte metabolism, gonad function, and immune response
  • cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
  • 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.
  • crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
  • credit history — a record of how promptly a person pays back loans, credits, etc, over time
  • cross bridging — bridging composed of crisscross pieces of wood.
  • cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
  • cross-addicted — addicted to two or more substances simultaneously.
  • cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
  • cross-dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
  • cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
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