12-letter words containing a, o, n, e
- contentional — a struggling together in opposition; strife.
- conterminant — enclosed within a common boundary
- conterminate — conterminous
- contestation — the act of contesting; conflict
- contextually — of, relating to, or depending on the context.
- continentals — Plural form of continental.
- continuances — Plural form of continuance.
- continuative — serving or tending to continue
- contrabasses — Plural form of contrabass.
- contractable — capable of being contracted
- contractedly — in a shortened manner
- contractible — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contractured — a shortening or distortion of muscular or connective tissue due to spasm, scar, or paralysis of the antagonist of the contracting muscle.
- contractures — Plural form of contracture.
- contradances — Plural form of contradance.
- contradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- contradicter — One who contradicts.
- contraoctave — the octave that begins on the third C below middle C and ends on the second C below middle C
- contrariness — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- contrariwise — from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
- contrasexual — (of a woman) appearing to defy the female sexual stereotype by being content to be single and childless while being sexually active and financially independent
- contrastable — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contravening — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- contriturate — to triturate completely
- contrivances — Plural form of contrivance.
- controllable — If something is controllable you are able to control or influence it.
- controversal — (obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
- convalescent — Convalescent means relating to convalescence.
- convalescing — to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
- 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
- conversional — the act or process of converting; state of being converted.
- conveyancing — Conveyancing is the process of transferring the legal ownership of property.
- cook-general — (formerly, esp in the 1920s and '30s) a domestic servant who did cooking and housework
- 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.
- coordinative — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- copperfasten — (transitive, historical) To protect the timbers [of a ship] with plates of copper secured with copper nails or bolts.
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- core drawing — drawing of fine tubing using wire as a mandrel.
- corn earworm — the larva of the noctuid moth Heliothis armigera, which feeds on maize and many other crop plants
- corn-cracker — a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of a class of poor white people in the southern U.S.
- corner chair — a chair having an approximately square seat with a leg at each corner and a back extending around two adjacent sides.
- corner table — a table of the 18th century having a triangular top with a triangular drop leaf of the same size.
- coronal hole — a part of the solar corona that appears dark on optical and x-ray images and is characterized by low temperature and low density.
- correctional — Correctional means related to prisons.