14-letter words containing y, e, n, t
- crown attorney — a lawyer who acts for the Crown, esp as prosecutor in a criminal court
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
- cryoextraction — the surgical removal of a cataract with a cryoprobe.
- cryoprotectant — an agent which prevents cell damage caused by cryopreservation
- cryptocurrency — a decentralized digital medium of exchange which is created, regulated, and exchanged using cryptography and (usually) open source software
- curvilinearity — consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
- cyanoacetylene — a nitrile compound known to exist in interstellar clouds
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
- cybernetically — using cybernetics
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
- cylinder front — a front cover for a desk or the like, consisting either of a solid piece or of a tambour sliding up and back in quadrantal grooves.
- cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
- cytogeneticist — One who studies cytogenetics.
- cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
- cytoprotectant — A cytoprotectant is a medication for ulcers that increases the level of mucus in the stomach in order to protect the stomach lining from acid.
- cytoprotection — (biology) The process by which various compounds protect cells from damage.
- cytotechnology — the microscopic analysis of cells for the early detection of abnormalities and diagnosis of diseases such as cancer
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- data integrity — (data) The absence of unintended changes or errors in some data. Integrity implies that the data is an exact copy of some original version, e.g. that it has not been corrupted in the process of being written to, and read back from, a hard disk or during transmission via some communications channel. Integrity may further imply that the information represented by the data has been validated, i.e. verified to conform to certain constraints, e.g. a date's year, month and day parts are within the appropriate ranges and the date actually exists.
- daycare centre — an establishment offering daycare to preschool children, enabling their parents to work full time or have extended relief if child care is a problem
- dcc technology — DCC technology uses a catalytic process to convert heavy hydrocarbons into light olefins.
- debt repayment — the action of repaying debts, or a single payment made to wards paying off a debt
- decay constant — the reciprocal of the decay time.
- decoration day — Memorial Day
- decoration-day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- defect density — (programming) The ratio of the number of defects to program length.
- definitionally — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- dehydrogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenate.
- dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
- dehydroretinol — (organic compound) A derivative of retinol having an extra double bond; vitamin A2.
- delayed action — A delayed action mechanism causes a delay on the device it is fitted to, so that it does not work as soon as you switch it on or operate it.
- delayed-action — (of an explosive projectile) exploding some time after hitting the target.
- dental hygiene — the maintenance of the teeth and gums in healthy condition, esp by proper brushing, the removal of plaque, etc
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- deoxythymidine — (organic chemistry) thymidine.
- departmentally — In a departmental manner; affecting departments.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- derivationally — In a derivational manner.
- detrimentality — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- diagenetically — in a diagenetic way
- diathermaneity — the quality of being diathermanous
- dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
- diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
- differentially — of or relating to difference or diversity.