14-letter words containing ro
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cross-compiler — a compiler able to create executable code for a platform different from the one the compiler is run on
- cross-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having the high-pressure and low-pressure units side by side.
- cross-cultural — Cross-cultural means involving two or more different cultures.
- cross-dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
- cross-gartered — (in Elizabethan and other costumes) wearing garters crisscrossed on the leg.
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cross-indexing — to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.
- cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
- cross-multiply — to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
- cross-national — pertaining to or involving two or more nations.
- cross-platform — (software, hardware) A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system platform (e.g. Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh). E.g. Netscape Navigator, Java.
- cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
- cross-question — If you cross-question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something.
- cross-reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
- crossbolt lock — a lock controlling two bolts moving in opposite directions, as to the top and bottom of a doorframe.
- crossed cheque — a cheque with two parallel lines on it, which is payable only into a bank account
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- crossing point — a place where people cross a road, border, or river
- crossreference — Alternative form of cross-reference.
- crosssectional — Misspelling of cross-sectional.
- crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
- crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
- crown attorney — a lawyer who acts for the Crown, esp as prosecutor in a criminal court
- crown imperial — a liliaceous garden plant, Fritillaria imperialis, with a cluster of leaves and orange bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
- crown princess — A Crown Princess is a princess who is the wife of a Crown Prince, or will be queen of her country when the present king or queen dies.
- crowning glory — the greatest achievement
- cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
- cryoprotectant — an agent which prevents cell damage caused by cryopreservation
- cryoprotective — protecting against damage caused by cryopreservation
- crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
- cubital furrow — (in certain insects) a crease, between the cubital and anal veins, along which the wing folds.
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- customs broker — a person whose job is to assist businesses in clearing imported or exported goods through customs
- cyberterrorism — the illegal use of computers and the internet to achieve some goal
- 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
- 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.
- cytoprotective — (biology) That provides cytoprotection.
- dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
- damage control — Damage control is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
- data processor — a computer that is capable of performing operations on data in order to extract information, reorder files, etc
- dehydrogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenate.
- dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
- dehydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenize.
- dehydroretinol — (organic compound) A derivative of retinol having an extra double bond; vitamin A2.