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15-letter words containing a, c, r, o, t

  • contraindicated — not advisable because of contraindications
  • contralaterally — In a contralateral manner.
  • contrapositives — (logic) Plural form of contrapositive.
  • contrapropeller — one of two propellers, usually attached to a ship or aircraft, which rotates in the opposite direction to the other
  • contrariousness — The state or quality of being contrarious.
  • contrary motion — melodic motion in which one part rises in pitch while the other descends.
  • contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
  • contravallation — fortifications built by besiegers around the place besieged
  • control account — an account to which are posted the debit and credit totals of other accounts, usually in preparation of financial statements
  • control command — a keyed instruction conveyed to a computer by using the control key in conjunction with the standard keys
  • control program — (operating system)   (CP) The component of IBM's Virtual Machine (VM) that provides "guest support" for operating systems that run on IBM mainframe compatible processors. Cp does this by providing a seamless emulation of privileged functions in the problem program environment.
  • control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
  • controllability — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • controller bias — In a control loop, the controller bias is a constant amount added to or subtracted from the action that a controller would normally take with a particular gain.
  • controller gain — In a control loop, the controller gain is the strength of action a controller will take at a particular point below or above the setpoint.
  • controversially — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • conversationism — a colloquialism
  • conversationist — Someone skilled in the art of conversations.
  • conveyorization — the process of conveyorizing
  • cooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • coordinate bond — a type of covalent chemical bond in which both the shared electrons are provided by one of the atoms
  • copper arsenite — a yellowish-green, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, CuHAsO 3 , used chiefly as a pigment and as an insecticide.
  • copper sulphate — a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4
  • corday d'armont — (Marie Anne) Charlotte [muh-ree an shahr-luh t;; French ma-ree an shar-lawt] /məˈri æn ˈʃɑr lət;; French maˈri an ʃarˈlɔt/ (Show IPA), 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine who assassinated Marat.
  • corn-root aphid — an aphid, Anuraphis maidiradicis, that lives as a symbiont in colonies of cornfield ants and feeds on the roots of corn: an agricultural pest.
  • coronary artery — either of two arteries branching from the aorta and supplying blood to the heart
  • corpora striata — corpus striatum
  • corporate image — the way an organization is presented to or perceived by its members and the public
  • corporation tax — Corporation tax is a tax that companies have to pay on the profits they make.
  • corporatization — The privatization of a publicly-owned organization.
  • corporification — an act or the quality of embodying
  • corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
  • corpus striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter situated in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
  • correction tape — a tape that can be placed over a written or typed mistake, on which the correct form can be written or typed, thereby covering the mistake underneath
  • correlativeness — The state or quality of being correlative.
  • corrugated iron — a thin structural sheet made of iron or steel, formed with alternating ridges and troughs
  • corticothalamic — Of or pertaining to the cortex and the thalamus.
  • corynebacterial — relating to bacteria of the genus Corynebacterium
  • corynebacterium — any of various bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, including various animal and plant pathogens and animal parasites
  • costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
  • cottage country — any lakeside region where many country cottages are located
  • coulometrically — in a coulometric manner
  • counter-measure — A counter-measure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
  • counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
  • counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
  • counterargument — A counterargument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
  • counterattacked — Simple past tense and past participle of counterattack.
  • counterattacker — a person who counter-attacks
  • counterbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of counterbalance.
  • counterbalances — Plural form of counterbalance.
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