13-letter words containing a, n, c, e
- commonwealths — Plural form of commonwealth.
- communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
- communautaire — supporting the principles of the European Community (now the European Union)
- communicative — Someone who is communicative talks to people, for example about their feelings, and tells people things.
- compactedness — the state of being compacted
- companies act — (in Britain) any of various laws that govern the formation, dissolution, and management of companies
- companion set — a set of fire irons on a stand
- companionable — If you describe a person as companionable, you mean they are friendly and pleasant to be with.
- companionless — Without a companion; friendless, alone.
- company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
- company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
- compare notes — to exchange opinions
- compartimento — any of the 18 administrative districts into which Italy is divided.
- compartmental — divided into compartments: a compartmental office; a compartmental agency.
- compartmented — Divided into compartments.
- compass plane — a plane for smoothing curved surfaces.
- compassionate — If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
- compensations — Plural form of compensation.
- complacencies — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
- complex plane — a plane the points of which are complex numbers.
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
- compressional — relating to compression
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- concatenating — Present participle of concatenate.
- concatenation — A concatenation of things or events is their occurrence one after another, because they are linked.
- concatenative — Linked in a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; successive.
- concelebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concelebrate.
- concentrating — Present participle of concentrate.
- concentration — Concentration on something involves giving all your attention to it.
- concentrative — tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration
- concentrators — Plural form of concentrator.
- concept album — an album that has a unifying theme or that tells a single story
- conceptualise — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
- conceptualist — any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts. Compare nominalism, realism (def 5).
- conceptuality — a conceptualization
- conceptualize — If you conceptualize something, you form an idea of it in your mind.
- concert grand — a full-size grand piano, usually around 7 feet in length
- concert party — a musical entertainment popular in the early 20th century, esp one at a British seaside resort
- concertinaing — Present participle of concertina.
- concertmaster — The concertmaster of an orchestra is the most senior violin player, who acts as a deputy to the conductor.
- concessionary — A concessionary price is a special price which is lower than the normal one and which is often given to old people, students, and the unemployed.
- conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
- concomitances — Plural form of concomitance.
- concord grape — a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom
- concretionary — formed by concretion; consisting of concreted matter or masses.
- condemnations — Plural form of condemnation.
- condensations — Plural form of condensation.