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15-letter words containing a, c, t, i

  • consonant shift — a change, or a set of connected changes, in the articulation of consonants in any language or family of languages
  • constantine vii — known as Porphyrogenitus. 905–59 ad, Byzantine emperor (913–59) and scholar: his writings are an important source for Byzantine history
  • constitutionals — Plural form of constitutional.
  • consubstantiate — (of the Eucharistic bread and wine and Christ's body and blood) to undergo consubstantiation
  • consumption tax — a tax, as a sales tax, levied on consumer goods or services at the time of sale.
  • contact details — the information required to contact someone, such as an address or telephone number
  • contact printer — an apparatus used for making contact prints, having a frame for holding printing paper and negatives together and a light source for making an exposure.
  • container class — (programming)   A class whose instances are collections of other objects. Examples include arrays, lists, queues and stacks. A container class typically provides methods such as count, insert, delete and search.
  • contemplatively — given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
  • contemporaneity — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
  • contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualizing — Present participle of contextualize.
  • contingency tax — any new tax that would be necessary in case of a shortfall in revenues.
  • continuous wave — an electromagnetic wave, esp. a radio wave, with a constant amplitude and frequency
  • contour curtain — a curtain having lines attached to several points for drawing up into folds of various shapes.
  • contraclockwise — Counterclockwise.
  • contract bridge — the most common variety of bridge, in which the declarer receives points counting towards game and rubber only for tricks he bids as well as makes, any overtricks receiving bonus points
  • contract killer — a person hired to commit a murder
  • contractability — (of a body or substance) the ability to become smaller, narrower, shorter, etc
  • contractibility — contractability
  • contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
  • contradictorily — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
  • contraindicated — not advisable because of contraindications
  • contrapositives — (logic) Plural form of contrapositive.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • conventionalise — Alternative spelling of conventionalize.
  • conventionalism — advocacy of or conformity to that which is established
  • conventionalist — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • conventionality — the quality or characteristic of being conventional, esp in behaviour, thinking, etc
  • conventionalize — to make conventional
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • corpus striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter situated in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
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