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16-letter words containing a, c, o, u

  • community action — campaigns undertaken by the people living in a particular place
  • community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
  • community leader — a leading figure in a community
  • commutation-test — the act of substituting one thing for another; substitution; exchange.
  • commutator group — the subgroup of a given group, which consists of all the commutators in the group.
  • companion volume — a book that complements another on a related subject, usually by the same author
  • company of jesus — former name of the Society of Jesus.
  • compute parallel — (language)   (Compel) The first single-assignment language.
  • computer program — a set of instructions for a computer to perform some task
  • concurrent clean — (language)   An alternative name for Clean 1.0.
  • configurationism — Gestalt psychology
  • congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
  • conical pendulum — a clock pendulum oscillating in a circle rather than in a straight line.
  • consanguineously — In a consanguineous fashion; by blood relationship.
  • consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
  • consequentialism — the doctrine that an action is right or wrong according as its consequences are good or bad
  • consequentialist — the theory that human actions derive their moral worth solely from their outcomes or consequences.
  • consequentiality — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
  • conspicuity tape — a highly reflective strip or tape used on a vehicle, clothing, etc., to make it more visible in low light.
  • constitutionally — in composition or physique
  • constructability — Alternative form of constructibility.
  • constructionally — In a constructional manner.
  • consubstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of consubstantiate.
  • consumer durable — Consumer durables are goods which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
  • contagious magic — magic that attempts to affect a person through something once connected with him or her, as a shirt once worn by the person or a footprint left in the sand; a branch of sympathetic magic based on the belief that things once in contact are in some way permanently so, however separated physically they may subsequently become.
  • content curation — the selection, organization, and presentation of (usually) online material, either manually or by a computer program
  • continuous waves — radio waves generated as a continuous train of oscillations having a constant frequency and amplitude
  • contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
  • contour interval — the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map
  • control language — (language)   (CL) The batch language for IBM RPG/38, used in conjunction with RPG III. See also OCL.
  • contumaciousness — The property of being contumacious.
  • conus arteriosus — the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
  • coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
  • cornhusker state — Nebraska (used as a nickname).
  • corona australis — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere between Ara and Pavo
  • coronary cushion — a thick band of vascular tissue in the coronet of horses and other hoofed animals that secretes the horny wall of the hoof.
  • coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
  • corporal's guard — a squad commanded by a corporal
  • corrugated paper — a packaging material made from layers of heavy paper, the top layer of which is grooved and ridged
  • cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
  • council of state — a council that deliberates on high-level policies of a government.
  • counselor-at-law — a lawyer, esp one who conducts cases in court; attorney
  • counter-argument — A counter-argument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
  • counter-instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
  • counter-reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
  • counter-strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
  • counterarguments — Plural form of counterargument.
  • counterattacking — Present participle of counterattack.
  • counterbalancing — Present participle of counterbalance.
  • counterchallenge — A challenge made in response to another challenge.
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