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14-letter words containing u, n, d

  • cadmium orange — a yellow color approaching orange.
  • cahokia mounds — the largest group of prehistoric Indian earthworks in the US, located northeast of East St Louis
  • calculatedness — the state of being calculated
  • candlesnuffers — Plural form of candlesnuffer.
  • cerro de punta — a mountain in central Puerto Rico: highest peak on the island. 4389 feet (1339 meters).
  • child guidance — the counselling of emotionally disturbed children
  • chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
  • chondrocranium — the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
  • church wedding — a wedding ceremony performed in a church and having a religious rather than civil content
  • circumbendibus — a circumlocution
  • city of dundee — a council area in E Scotland. Pop: 143 090 (2003 est). Area: 65 sq km (25 sq miles)
  • ciudad guayana — an industrial conurbation in E Venezuela, on the River Orinoco: iron and steel processing, gold mining. Pop: 807 000 (2005 est)
  • ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
  • clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
  • claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
  • cleaning fluid — a solvent or other solution for removing stains or cleaning particular objects
  • co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • coach-and-four — a coach together with the four horses by which it is drawn.
  • coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
  • code of honour — the standards of behaviour regarded as proper
  • coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
  • command module — the cone-shaped module used as the living quarters in an Apollo spacecraft and functioning as the splashdown vehicle
  • commodiousness — The state or quality of being commodious.
  • community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
  • compound fault — a series of closely spaced faults
  • compound meter — any time signature in which the upper figure is a multiple of 3, as 6/8, 9/8, 12/8, etc.
  • compound ovary — an ovary composed of more than one carpel.
  • compound sugar — any sugar that when hydrolyzed yields two or more monosaccharides.
  • compound-wound — noting an electric device in which part of the field circuit is in parallel with the armature circuit and part is in series with it.
  • conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.
  • conduct report — a report about the behaviour of a student, employee, prisoner etc
  • conducted tour — A conducted tour is a visit to a building, town, or area during which someone goes with you and explains everything to you.
  • conductibility — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
  • conductivities — Plural form of conductivity.
  • conductometric — relating to the measurement of conductivity
  • conductor loss — Conductor loss is loss occurring in a conductor due to the flow of current.
  • conduplication — (of a leaf in the bud) folded lengthwise with the upper face of the blade within.
  • conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • consumer goods — Consumer goods are items bought by people for their own use, rather than by businesses. Compare capital goods.
  • contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualized — Simple past tense and past participle of contextualize.
  • contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
  • convolutedness — twisted; coiled.
  • cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
  • cough medicine — Cough medicine is liquid medicine that you take when you have a cough.
  • 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.
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