16-letter words containing a, o, u, i, t
- can you beat it? — an expression of utter amazement or surprise
- carpatho-ukraine — a region in W Ukraine: ceded by Czechoslovakia in 1945.
- cedar revolution — the popular protests in 2005 that brought down the Lebanese cabinet and prompted Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon
- checking account — A checking account is a personal bank account which you can take money out of at any time using your cheque book or cash card.
- chemoautotrophic — producing organic matter by the use of energy obtained by oxidation of certain chemicals with carbon dioxide as the carbon source
- chemotherapeutic — of or used in chemotherapy
- chequing account — (in Canada) account against which cheques can be drawn
- cholera infantum — an often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in infants, not of the same cause as cholera but having somewhat similar characteristics.
- chromatic number — (mathematics) The smallest number of colours necessary to colour the nodes of a graph so that no two adjacent nodes have the same colour. See also: four colour map theorem.
- chromium plating — plating, often for decorative effect, made of chromium
- circumambulation — The act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
- circumlocutional — Of or relating to circumlocution : circumlocutionary.
- circumnavigation — to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
- circumnavigatory — Pertaining to circumnavigation.
- cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
- cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
- cloistered vault — a vault having the form of a number of intersecting coves.
- closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
- cochineal cactus — a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect.
- cocktail sausage — a small sausage served with drinks
- columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- combination drug — a medication comprised of set dosages of two or more separate drugs.
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- communitarianism — A theory or system of social organization based on small self-governing communities.
- community action — campaigns undertaken by the people living in a particular place
- community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
- community leader — a leading figure in a community
- commutation-test — the act of substituting one thing for another; substitution; exchange.
- configurationism — Gestalt psychology
- congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
- consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
- consequentialism — the doctrine that an action is right or wrong according as its consequences are good or bad
- consequentialist — the theory that human actions derive their moral worth solely from their outcomes or consequences.
- consequentiality — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- conspicuity tape — a highly reflective strip or tape used on a vehicle, clothing, etc., to make it more visible in low light.
- constitutionally — in composition or physique
- constructability — Alternative form of constructibility.
- constructionally — In a constructional manner.
- consubstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of consubstantiate.
- contagious magic — magic that attempts to affect a person through something once connected with him or her, as a shirt once worn by the person or a footprint left in the sand; a branch of sympathetic magic based on the belief that things once in contact are in some way permanently so, however separated physically they may subsequently become.
- content curation — the selection, organization, and presentation of (usually) online material, either manually or by a computer program
- continuous waves — radio waves generated as a continuous train of oscillations having a constant frequency and amplitude
- contour interval — the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map
- contumaciousness — The property of being contumacious.
- conus arteriosus — the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- corona australis — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere between Ara and Pavo
- coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
- cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
- council of state — a council that deliberates on high-level policies of a government.
- counter-instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.