12-letter words containing a, r, e, n, i, c
- conterminant — enclosed within a common boundary
- conterminate — conterminous
- contractible — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- contradicter — One who contradicts.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- core drawing — drawing of fine tubing using wire as a mandrel.
- corner chair — a chair having an approximately square seat with a leg at each corner and a back extending around two adjacent sides.
- correctional — Correctional means related to prisons.
- correlations — Plural form of correlation.
- council area — any of the 32 unitary authorities into which Scotland has been divided for administrative purposes since April 1996
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- crackbrained — insane, idiotic, or crazy
- crane driver — a person who drives a crane
- craniometric — the science of measuring skulls, chiefly to determine their characteristic relationship to sex, body type, or genetic population.
- craniotomies — Plural form of craniotomy.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- creationists — Plural form of creationist.
- creativeness — having the quality or power of creating.
- credentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- cremationist — a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.
- crenellating — Present participle of crenellate.
- crenellation — to furnish with crenels or battlements.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- creolization — (of a pidgin language) the process of becoming a creole
- criminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of criminalize.
- criminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criminalize.
- criminalness — (rare, dated) The state or quality of being criminal.
- crinkle leaf — a disease of plants, characterized by puckering, mottling, and distortion of the leaves, caused by any of several viruses.
- criticalness — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience