17-letter words containing a, t, o, n, i
- conceptualisation — The act of conceptualising, or something conceptualised.
- conceptualization — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- configurationally — With regard to a configuration.
- confirmation-bias — the tendency to process and analyze information in such a way that it supports one’s preexisting ideas and convictions: Confirmation bias is a major issue when we get all our news from social media sites. Unfortunately, their experimental method was proven invalid due to confirmation bias.
- confrontationally — In a confrontational way.
- congestion charge — Congestion charges refer to money motorists must pay in order to drive in some city centres. Congestion charges are intended to reduce traffic within those areas.
- congregationalism — a system of Christian doctrines and ecclesiastical government in which each congregation is self-governing and maintains bonds of faith with other similar local congregations
- congregationalist — a form of Protestant church government in which each local religious society is independent and self-governing.
- connection charge — a charge made as soon as a caller is connected to the number dialled and which is additional to any charges calculated based on the duration of the call
- conscript fathers — august legislators, esp Roman senators
- consequentialness — The quality or state of being consequential.
- conservation area — In Britain, a conservation area is an area where birds and animals are protected.
- consociationalism — Political consociation; government through guaranteed group representation.
- consolation prize — A consolation prize is a small prize which is given to a person who fails to win a competition.
- consolidated fund — a fund into which tax revenue is paid in order to meet standing charges, esp interest payments on the national debt
- consolidated laws — a body of laws collected together in a single codifying statute
- consolidation act — an Act of Parliament resulting from the combination of two or more previous Acts of Parliament
- conspiracy theory — A conspiracy theory is a belief that a group of people are secretly trying to harm someone or achieve something. You usually use this term to suggest that you think this is unlikely.
- conspiratorialist — a person who believes in or supports a conspiracy theory.
- constitutionalism — the principles, spirit, or system of government in accord with a constitution, esp a written constitution
- constitutionalist — an adherent or advocate of constitutionalism or of an existing constitution.
- constitutionality — In a particular political system, the constitutionality of a law or action is the fact that it is allowed by the constitution.
- constitutionalize — to provide with a constitution
- construction loan — the act or fact of taking out.
- consubstantiation — the doctrine that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists within the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
- contact potential — the potential generated by the contact of two dissimilar materials in air or in a vacuum.
- contemplativeness — The state or quality of being contemplative.
- content marketing — marketing that tries to attract customers by distributing informational content potentially useful to the target audience, rather than by advertising products and services in the traditional way: content marketing through blogs and email newsletters.
- contextualisation — Alt form contextualization.
- contextualization — The act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.
- continental crust — that part of the earth's crust that underlies the continents and continental shelves
- continental drift — Continental drift is the slow movement of the Earth's continents towards and away from each other.
- continental quilt — a quilt, stuffed with down or a synthetic material and containing pockets of air, used as a bed cover in place of the top sheet and blankets
- continental shelf — The continental shelf is the area which forms the edge of a continent, ending in a steep slope to the depths of the ocean.
- continental slope — a steep slope separating a continental shelf and a deep ocean basin.
- contingency table — an array having the frequency of occurrence of certain events in each of a number of samples
- contract practice — the medical treatment of a group of persons by a physician or physicians with fees and services mutually agreed upon in advance.
- contracting party — a person, company, etc, entering into a legal contract
- contraction joint — a joint between two parts of a structure, designed to compensate for the contraction to which either part may be subject.
- contradictoriness — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
- contradistinction — a distinction made by contrasting different qualities
- contradistinctive — distinction by opposition or contrast: plants and animals in contradistinction to humans.
- contradistinguish — to differentiate by means of contrasting or opposing qualities
- contraindications — Plural form of contraindication.
- contrasuggestible — responding or tending to respond to a suggestion by doing or believing the opposite
- controlling image — a literary device employing repetition so as to stress the theme of a work or a particular symbol.
- controversialness — The state or quality of being controversial.
- convection heater — A convection heater is a heater that heats a room by means of hot air.
- conventionalities — Plural form of conventionality.
- conversationalist — A good conversationalist is someone who talks about interesting things when they have conversations.