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14-letter words containing t, d, c

  • copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
  • copy and paste — to copy (information in a computer document) and put it somewhere else in the document
  • corona radiata — the layer of follicle cells surrounding an ovum and remaining attached to it following ovulation.
  • corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
  • correspondents — Plural form of correspondent.
  • 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
  • cotswold hills — range of hills in SW central England, mostly in Gloucestershire
  • cottage garden — an informal style of garden which has beds planted with a great variety of traditional flowers
  • cottage window — a double-hung window with an upper sash smaller than the lower.
  • cottonseed oil — a yellowish or dark red oil with a nutlike smell, extracted or expelled from cottonseed, used in cooking and in the manufacture of paints, soaps, etc
  • counter-demand — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
  • counterchanged — Exchanged.
  • countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
  • countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
  • counterchecked — Simple past tense and past participle of countercheck.
  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
  • countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
  • counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
  • counterpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint.
  • counterpunched — Simple past tense and past participle 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
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
  • counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
  • coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
  • court cupboard — a wooden stand with two or three tiers, used in the 16th and 17th centuries to display pewter, silver, etc
  • covered market — an indoor market
  • credence table — a small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison before serving
  • credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
  • credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
  • credit balance — the amount of money that a client of a financial institution has in his or her account, in securities, etc
  • credit charges — the charges applied by credit card companies to customers buying goods on credit
  • credit control — (in a business) the practice of maximizing revenue by making sure that customers are a good credit risk
  • credit history — a record of how promptly a person pays back loans, credits, etc, over time
  • credit manager — a person employed in a business firm to administer credit service to its customers, especially to evaluate the extension and amount of credit to be granted.
  • 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
  • creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
  • 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.
  • cricoarytenoid — A muscle connecting the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.
  • 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.
  • cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
  • crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
  • crushed velvet — velvet with a flat finish that has a creased effect
  • crutched friar — a member of a mendicant order, suppressed in 1656
  • cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
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