12-letter words containing a, n, c, t
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- convalescent — Convalescent means relating to convalescence.
- convectional — Physics. the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas.
- conventional — Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
- conversating — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- conversation — If you have a conversation with someone, you talk with them, usually in an informal situation.
- conversative — talkative
- convictional — a fixed or firm belief: No clever argument, no persuasive fact or theory could make a dent in his conviction in the rightness of his position.
- convivialist — friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
- conviviality — friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
- convocations — Plural form of convocation.
- cooking salt — a type of salt used in cooking
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- coordinately — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- coordinating — Present participle of coordinate.
- coordination — Coordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
- coordinative — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- coordinators — Plural form of coordinator.
- copperfasten — (transitive, historical) To protect the timbers [of a ship] with plates of copper secured with copper nails or bolts.
- coquilla nut — the nut of a South American palm tree, Attalea funifera, having a hard brown shell used for carving
- corner table — a table of the 18th century having a triangular top with a triangular drop leaf of the same size.
- corotational — (astronomy) That rotates in conjunction with another body.
- corporations — Plural form of corporation.
- correctional — Correctional means related to prisons.
- correlations — Plural form of correlation.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- cosmeticians — Plural form of cosmetician.
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- cost-account — to subject to cost accounting.
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- cotoneasters — Plural form of cotoneaster.
- cottian alps — a mountain range in SW Europe, between NW Italy and SE France: part of the Alps. Highest peak: Monte Viso, 3841 m (12 600 ft)
- cotton candy — Cotton candy is a large pink or white mass of sugar threads that is eaten from a stick. It is sold at fairs or other outdoor events.
- cotton grass — any of various N temperate and arctic grasslike bog plants of the cyperaceous genus Eriophorum, whose clusters of long silky hairs resemble cotton tufts
- cotton state — Alabama (used as a nickname).
- cotton waste — refuse cotton yarn, esp when used as a cleaning material
- cottonocracy — a group amongst the upper class consisting of those members whose wealth comes from the cotton trade
- cotyledonary — the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
- council flat — a flat built or owned by a local council
- countability — the fact of being countable
- countenanced — appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
- countenancer — One who countenances, favours, or supports.
- countenances — Plural form of countenance.
- countenaunce — Obsolete form of countenance.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- counter-fact — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- counteracted — Simple past tense and past participle of counteract.