14-letter words containing c, a, i, n
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- cottage window — a double-hung window with an upper sash smaller than the lower.
- cotton batting — cotton wadding, as used in quilt making
- cotton stainer — any of various heteropterous insects of the genus Dysdercus: serious pests of cotton, piercing and staining the cotton bolls: family Pyrrhocoridae
- council estate — a housing development built by a local council
- council of war — A council of war is a meeting that is held in order to decide how a particular threat or emergency should be dealt with.
- council tenant — a tenant who rents a council house or council flat
- count palatine — originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
- craniocerebral — relating to both the cranium and the cerebrum
- creatureliness — creatural.
- credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
- credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
- credit balance — the amount of money that a client of a financial institution has in his or her account, in securities, etc
- credit manager — a person employed in a business firm to administer credit service to its customers, especially to evaluate the extension and amount of credit to be granted.
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
- crepe marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- cricoarytenoid — A muscle connecting the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.
- crimean gothic — a form of the Gothic language that survived in the Crimea after the extinction of Gothic elsewhere in Europe, known only from a list of words and phrases recorded in the 16th century.
- crimen injuria — an action that injures the dignity of another person, esp use of racially offensive language
- criminal court — A criminal court is a law court that deals with criminal offences.
- criminalistics — the scientific study of criminal evidence
- criminological — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- critical angle — the smallest possible angle of incidence for which light rays are totally reflected at an interface between substances of different refractive index
- critical point — the point on a phase diagram that represents the critical state of a substance
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
- cross relation — the simultaneous or successive occurrence of a note and its chromatic alteration, as C and C57395, in different voices; false relation
- cross trainers — training shoes for doing cross training
- cross training — training in two or more sports to improve performance, esp on one's main sport
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cross-national — pertaining to or involving two or more nations.
- cross-reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- crosssectional — Misspelling of cross-sectional.
- crown imperial — a liliaceous garden plant, Fritillaria imperialis, with a cluster of leaves and orange bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
- cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
- cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.