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14-letter words containing nt

  • bowel movement — the discharge of faeces; defecation
  • boxed comments — (programming)   Comments that occupy several lines by themselves; so called because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box in a style similar to this: /************************************************* * * This is a boxed comment in C style * *************************************************/ Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add a matching row of asterisks closing the right side of the box. The sparest variant omits all but the comment delimiters themselves; the "box" is implied. Opposite of winged comments.
  • brazil current — a warm current in the Atlantic Ocean flowing SE along the E coast of Brazil.
  • breaking point — If something or someone has reached breaking point, they have so many problems or difficulties that they can no longer cope with them, and may soon collapse or be unable to continue.
  • breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
  • brownie points — a credit toward advancement or good standing gained especially by currying favor.
  • browntail moth — kind of moth
  • budget account — an account with a department store, etc, enabling a customer to make monthly payments to cover his or her past and future purchases
  • burnt offering — a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar, to honour, propitiate, or supplicate a deity
  • bursting point — the point at which normal capacity is exceeded.
  • bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
  • business agent — a representative of a labor union local, who investigates working conditions, negotiates contracts, etc.
  • by appointment — If something can be done by appointment, people can arrange in advance to do it at a particular time.
  • byzantine rite — the rite of the Greek Orthodox Church and of certain Uniat churches, observed in the Greek language.
  • calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
  • call into play — to begin to operate
  • cancer patient — a person who is receiving medical treatment for a malignant growth or tumour
  • cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
  • canton flannel — cotton flannel
  • cardinal point — The cardinal points are the four main points of the compass, north, south, east, and west.
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • care assistant — a person who is paid to look after one or more severely handicapped people staying in residential accommodation
  • care attendant — (in Britain) a person who is paid to look after one or more severely handicapped people by visiting them frequently and staying when needed, but who does not live in
  • carpenter moth — any of various large moths of the family Cossidae, the larvae of which bore beneath and cause damage to tree bark
  • case statement — switch statement
  • casement cloth — a sheer fabric made of a variety of fibers, used for window curtains and as backing for heavy drapery or decorative fabrics.
  • casual contact — the level of contact at which a person is not subject to contracting a communicable disease from another, especially nonsexual contact with a person infected with a venereal disease.
  • catchment area — The catchment area of a school, hospital, or other service is the area that it serves.
  • centenarianism — the situation or condition of being a centenarian
  • center fielder — the player whose position is center field.
  • center forward — A center forward in a team sport such as soccer or hockey is the player or position in the middle of the front row of attacking players.
  • center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
  • central europe — an area between Eastern and Western Europe, generally accepted as comprising Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland
  • central moment — a moment about the center of a distribution, usually the mean.
  • central office — (communications)   The place where telephone companies terminate customer lines and locate switching equipment to interconnect those lines with other networks.
  • central powers — (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
  • central region — a former local government region in central Scotland, formed in 1975 from Clackmannanshire, most of Stirlingshire, and parts of Perthshire, West Lothian, Fife, and Kinross-shire; in 1996 it was replaced by the council areas of Stirling, Clackmannanshire, and Falkirk
  • central sulcus — a deep cleft in each hemisphere of the brain separating the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
  • central valley — the chief wine-producing region of California, centered in San Joaquin County.
  • centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
  • centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
  • centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
  • centre-forward — A centre-forward in a team sport such as football or hockey is the player or position in the middle of the front row of attacking players.
  • centrifugalize — to subject (something) to centrifugal motion
  • centrifugation — a being subjected to centrifugal action, esp. in a centrifuge
  • centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
  • centrolecithal — (of animal eggs) having a centrally located yolk
  • cerro de punta — a mountain in central Puerto Rico: highest peak on the island. 4389 feet (1339 meters).
  • chantilly lace — a delicate ornamental lace
  • charge account — a business arrangement by which a customer may buy goods or services and pay for them within a specified future period
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