14-letter words containing a, c, t, i, n
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- citizens' band — Citizens' Band is a range of radio frequencies which the general public is allowed to use to send messages to each other and is used especially by truck drivers in their vehicles. The abbreviation CB is often used.
- citronella oil — the yellow aromatic oil obtained from citronella grass, used in insect repellents, soaps, perfumes, etc
- civilizational — relating to civilization
- clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
- clairsentience — The ability for a person to acquire psychic knowledge by means of feeling.
- clarifications — Plural form of clarification.
- class conflict — conflict between different social or economic classes
- class interval — one of the intervals into which the range of a variable of a distribution is divided, esp one of the divisions of the base line of a bar chart or histogram
- classification — A classification is a division or category in a system which divides things into groups or types.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- climate change — change occurring in the Earth's overall climate and in particular climates, now regarded as a result of human activity and resulting generally in global warming
- clinical trial — When a new type of drug or medical treatment undergoes clinical trials, it is tested directly on patients to see if it is effective.
- clinkety-clank — a succession of alternating clinks and clanks: the clinkety-clank of armored vehicles on the rough road.
- clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- co-conspirator — a fellow conspirator; associate or collaborator in a conspiracy.
- co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- coarticulation — concomitance of articulation, as in fro, ostensibly a succession of three discrete sounds but physically a single articulation (f-) blending into a coarticulation (-fr-), which blends into an articulation (-r-), which blends into a coarticulation (-ro-), which blends into an articulation (-o).
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- coasting wagon — a toy wagon for children, often used for coasting down hills.
- cocktail onion — a small pickled onion served with drinks
- coconspirators — Plural form of coconspirator.
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- comma position — angulation (def 3).
- comma-position — an angular part, position, or formation.
- commandantship — the office of a commandant
- commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
- commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
- committeewoman — a female member of a committee
- commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
- communications — the ways in which human beings communicate
- communitarians — Plural form of communitarian.
- community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
- community care — help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions
- companion star — companion1 (def 6).
- compassionated — Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate.
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compensational — the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.