14-letter words containing a, n, t, i, u, r
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- congratulating — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulation — the act of congratulating
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constructional — the act or art of constructing.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
- contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- contributional — the act of contributing.
- corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
- creatureliness — creatural.
- credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
- criminal court — A criminal court is a law court that deals with criminal offences.
- cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
- current rating — Current rating is the maximum current that a fuse will carry for an indefinite period without too much deterioration of the fuse element.
- curtain raiser — a short play preceding a main play.
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- curtain-raiser — A curtain-raiser is an event, especially a sporting event or a performance, that takes place before a more important one, or starts off a series of events.
- curvilinearity — consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cutis anserina — goose bumps.
- cutting garden — a household flower garden planted solely for growing flowers that are to be cut and displayed indoors.
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
- disattribution — an act or process of invalidating the attribution of something, for example of a work of art to a particular artist
- discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.