14-letter words containing u, n, c, o, e, t
- nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
- occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
- occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
- occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- offer document — a document sent by a person or firm making a takeover bid to the shareholders of the target company, giving details of the offer that has been made and, usually, reasons for accepting it
- on the surface — to all appearances
- opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
- ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
- out of context — If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- overaccentuate — to accentuate too much
- overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
- percutaneously — through the skin
- perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
- picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
- pneumoconiotic — a person who suffers from pneumoconiosis
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
- port-au-prince — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
- precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- preunification — of the period before unification
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- pseudosentence — a sentence rejected as meaningless because it does not express anything verifiable in experience.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- punch operator — a person who enters data into cards by means of punching holes
- puncture wound — injury: perforation
- put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
- quinquecostate — having five lines or ribs
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange