14-letter words containing c, l, a, r, i, n
- claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- clinical trial — When a new type of drug or medical treatment undergoes clinical trials, it is tested directly on patients to see if it is effective.
- clive sinclair — (person) Sir Clive Sinclair (1939- ) The British inventor who pioneered the home microcomputer market in the early 1980s, with the introduction of low-cost, easy to use, 8-bit computers produced by his company, Sinclair Research. Sir Clive also invented and produced a variety of electronic devices from the 1960s to 1990s, including pocket calculators (he marketed the first pocket calculator in the world), radios and televisions. Perhaps he is most famous (or some might say notorious) for his range electric vehicles, especially the Sinclair C5, introduced in 1985. He has been a member of MENSA, the high IQ society, since 1962.
- 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).
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
- commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
- communion rail — (in a Christian church) the rail in front of the altar at which people kneel when taking communion
- concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
- concentrically — having a common center, as circles or spheres.
- conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
- conciliatorily — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- configuraholic — (jargon) A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
- confirmability — the quality of being confirmable
- confirmational — providing proof or supporting evidence
- conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
- conformability — Conformableness.
- conformational — manner of formation; structure; form, as of a physical entity.
- conglomerating — Present participle of conglomerate.
- conglomeration — A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together.
- conglomerative — of, relating to, or resembling a conglomerate
- congratulating — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulation — the act of congratulating
- congregational — of or relating to a congregation
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- conscriptional — of or relating to conscription
- conservational — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
- conservatively — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- conservatorial — of or relating to a conservator or conservators
- conspirational — of or relating to conspiration
- conspiratorial — If someone does something such as speak or smile in a conspiratorial way, they do it in a way that suggests they are sharing a secret with someone.
- conspiratorily — In a conspiratory manner.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constraintlisp — (language) An object-oriented constraint language based on CSP. An extension of Common Lisp and CLOS.
- constructional — the act or art of constructing.
- container line — a haulier or carrier that uses containers
- contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
- contracyclical — (of a policy) stabilizing the economy through countering major fluctuations, such as recessions or booms
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- contributional — the act of contributing.
- conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory