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14-letter words containing a, t, o, r, n

  • chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
  • chondrichthian — any member of the class Chondrichthyes, comprising the cartilaginous fishes.
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
  • chronometrical — a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
  • cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
  • cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
  • circumfixation — a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
  • circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
  • circumnutation — the irregular spiral or elliptical rotation of the apex of a growing stem, root, or shoot, caused by differences in the rate of growth of the opposite sides
  • circumnutatory — relating to circumnutation
  • circumrotation — Rotation or revolution around an axis.
  • cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
  • citronella oil — the yellow aromatic oil obtained from citronella grass, used in insect repellents, soaps, perfumes, etc
  • clarifications — Plural form of clarification.
  • clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
  • co-conspirator — a fellow conspirator; associate or collaborator in a conspiracy.
  • coach transfer — a short journey by coach constituting part of a longer journey taken chiefly by a different mode of transport, esp a journey to or from an airport
  • coarticulation — concomitance of articulation, as in fro, ostensibly a succession of three discrete sounds but physically a single articulation (f-) blending into a coarticulation (-fr-), which blends into an articulation (-r-), which blends into a coarticulation (-ro-), which blends into an articulation (-o).
  • coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
  • coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
  • coconspirators — Plural form of coconspirator.
  • coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
  • coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
  • collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
  • color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
  • combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
  • come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
  • comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
  • commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
  • commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
  • commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
  • commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
  • commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
  • communitarians — Plural form of communitarian.
  • community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
  • community care — help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions
  • companion star — companion1 (def 6).
  • company doctor — a businessperson or accountant who specializes in turning ailing companies into profitable enterprises
  • compromisation — The act of compromising.
  • concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
  • concentratedly — with intense mental application
  • concentrations — Plural form of concentration.
  • concentrically — having a common center, as circles or spheres.
  • conceptual art — art in which the idea behind a particular work, and the means of producing it, are more important than the finished work
  • conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
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