12-letter words containing a, c, n, o
- contaminator — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- contemplable — able to be contemplated
- contemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contemplates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contemplate.
- contemplator — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- contemptable — Contemptible.
- content farm — a website that exploits the way search engines retrieve and rank pages by incorporating popular search terms and topics in its content, often with little attention to the originality, appropriateness, or quality of the subject matter, in order to elevate the ranking of its articles in online search results and attract advertisers.
- contentation — satisfaction
- contentional — a struggling together in opposition; strife.
- conterminant — enclosed within a common boundary
- conterminate — conterminous
- contestation — the act of contesting; conflict
- contextually — of, relating to, or depending on the context.
- contignation — the act of joining timbers together
- continentals — Plural form of continental.
- continuality — of regular or frequent recurrence; often repeated; very frequent: continual bus departures.
- continuances — Plural form of continuance.
- continuation — The continuation of something is the fact that it continues, rather than stopping.
- continuative — serving or tending to continue
- contrabasses — Plural form of contrabass.
- contrabbasso — a double bass
- contract law — the branch of law that deals with contracts
- contract out — If a company contracts out work, they employ other companies to do it.
- contractable — capable of being contracted
- contractedly — in a shortened manner
- contractible — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contractions — Plural form of contraction.
- contractural — characterized by contractures
- contractured — a shortening or distortion of muscular or connective tissue due to spasm, scar, or paralysis of the antagonist of the contracting muscle.
- contractures — Plural form of contracture.
- contradances — Plural form of contradance.
- contradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- contradicter — One who contradicts.
- contradictor — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- contranatant — (of migrating fish) swimming upstream, against the current
- contraoctave — the octave that begins on the third C below middle C and ends on the second C below middle C
- contrapposto — (in the visual arts) a curving or asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure with the shoulders, hips, and legs in different planes
- contraptions — Plural form of contraption.
- contrapuntal — characterized by counterpoint
- contrariness — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- contrariwise — from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
- contrasexual — (of a woman) appearing to defy the female sexual stereotype by being content to be single and childless while being sexually active and financially independent
- contrastable — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contravening — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- contributary — contributory
- contriturate — to triturate completely
- contrivances — Plural form of contrivance.
- controllable — If something is controllable you are able to control or influence it.
- controllably — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.