14-letter words containing u, r, t, i
- centrifugation — a being subjected to centrifugal action, esp. in a centrifuge
- chicken turtle — an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace.
- christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
- christmas bush — any of various trees or shrubs flowering at Christmas and used for decoration
- christmas club — a savings account in a bank in which regular deposits are made, usually throughout one year, as to provide funds for Christmas shopping.
- chromium steel — a very hard alloy steel containing chromium
- church integer — (theory) A representation of integers as functions invented by Alonzo Church, inventor of lambda-calculus. The integer N is represented as a higher-order function which applies a given function N times to a given expression. In the pure lambda-calculus there are no constants but numbers can be represented by Church integers. A Haskell function to return a given Church integer could be written: unchurch c = c (+1) 0 See also von Neumann integer.
- cigarette burn — a burn created by a cigarette
- cigarette butt — A cigarette butt or a cigarette end is the part of a cigarette that you throw away when you have finished smoking it.
- circuit switch — circuit switching
- circuitousness — The state of being circuitous.
- circular light — light that is circularly polarized.
- circular pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- circumagitated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumagitate.
- circumambulate — to walk around (something)
- circumferentor — an instrument that measures the circumference of a tyre
- circumfixation — a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
- circumgalactic — (astronomy) Surrounding a galaxy.
- circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
- circumgyratory — characterized by circumgyration
- circumlittoral — adjoining the shore
- circumlocution — A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct.
- circumlocutory — a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
- circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
- circumnutation — the irregular spiral or elliptical rotation of the apex of a growing stem, root, or shoot, caused by differences in the rate of growth of the opposite sides
- circumnutatory — relating to circumnutation
- circumposition — the act of circumposing
- circumrotation — Rotation or revolution around an axis.
- circumrotatory — Turning, rolling, or whirling round.
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- circumspective — given to or marked by circumspection; watchful; cautious: His behavior was circumspective.
- circumstancing — Present participle of circumstance.
- circumstantial — Circumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it.
- circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
- circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
- circumvolution — the act of turning, winding, or folding around a central axis
- citrus heights — a city in central California, near Sacramento.
- clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
- claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
- cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- 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.
- clincher-built — clinker-built (def 2).
- closed circuit — a circuit without interruption, providing a continuous path through which a current can flow.
- closed-circuit — A closed-circuit television or video system is one that operates within a limited area such as a building.
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- coarticulation — concomitance of articulation, as in fro, ostensibly a succession of three discrete sounds but physically a single articulation (f-) blending into a coarticulation (-fr-), which blends into an articulation (-r-), which blends into a coarticulation (-ro-), which blends into an articulation (-o).
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution