0%

16-letter words containing c, l, i, n, e

  • conciliatoriness — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
  • conditional sale — a sale in which the title of a property remains with the seller until some condition is met, as the payment of the full purchase price.
  • confidence level — a measure of the reliability of a result. A confidence level of 95 per cent or 0.95 means that there is a probability of at least 95 per cent that the result is reliable
  • confidentialness — The state or quality of being confidential.
  • congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
  • congressionalist — of or relating to a congress.
  • conical pendulum — a clock pendulum oscillating in a circle rather than in a straight line.
  • consanguineously — In a consanguineous fashion; by blood relationship.
  • conscionableness — the state of being conscionable
  • consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
  • consequentialism — the doctrine that an action is right or wrong according as its consequences are good or bad
  • consequentialist — the theory that human actions derive their moral worth solely from their outcomes or consequences.
  • consequentiality — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
  • conservation law — any law stating that some quantity or property remains constant during and after an interaction or process, as conservation of charge or conservation of linear momentum.
  • contemptibleness — The state or quality of being contemptible.
  • content analysis — analysis to determine the meaning, purpose, or effect of any type of communication, as literature, newspapers, or broadcasts, by studying and evaluating the details, innuendoes, and implications of the content, recurrent themes, etc.
  • continental army — the Revolutionary War Army, authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775 and led by George Washington.
  • continental code — Morse1
  • continental rise — the gently sloping transition between the continental slope and the deep ocean floor, usually characterized by coalescence of submarine alluvial fans.
  • contingency plan — a plan to be carried out if a more likely or desired outcome does not happen
  • contour interval — the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map
  • control variable — Also called control. Statistics. a person, group, event, etc., that is used as a constant and unchanging standard of comparison in scientific experimentation. Compare dependent variable (def 2), independent variable (def 2).
  • controversialism — The attitude or tendency to engage in controversy.
  • controversialist — a person who takes part in controversy or likes to do so
  • controversiality — The quality or state of being controversial.
  • controversialize — (transitive) To make to appear controversial.
  • contumeliousness — The state or quality of being contumelious.
  • conventionalised — to make conventional.
  • conventionalists — Plural form of conventionalist.
  • conventionalized — to make conventional.
  • conventionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conventionalize.
  • conversationally — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • conversion table — a diagram which shows equivalent amounts in different measuring systems
  • convertible bond — a bond that can be exchanged for a fixed number of shares of the common stock of the issuing company at the holder's option.
  • convertible lens — a lens containing two or more elements that can be used individually or in combination to provide a variety of focal lengths.
  • copolymerization — a process resembling polymerization, in which unlike molecules unite in alternate or random sequences in a chain
  • coreferentiality — (of two words or phrases) having reference to the same person or thing.
  • cornelian cherry — a flowering tree of the dogwood family Cornus mas
  • coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
  • correcting plate — a thin lens used to correct incoming light rays in special forms of reflecting telescopes.
  • correction fluid — a fluid, usually white, that can be painted over a mistake in writing or typing so that the correct form can be written or typed on top
  • cost-efficiently — cost-effective.
  • council of state — a council that deliberates on high-level policies of a government.
  • council of trent — the council of the Roman Catholic Church that met between 1545 and 1563 at Trent in S Tyrol. Reacting against the Protestants, it reaffirmed traditional Catholic beliefs and formulated the ideals of the Counter-Reformation
  • counter-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
  • counterbalancing — Present participle of counterbalance.
  • counterclockwise — If something is moving counterclockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
  • counterculturist — Counterculturalist.
  • counterguerrilla — (of operations, conflicts, etc) conducted against guerrillas
  • creeping thistle — a weedy Eurasian thistle, Cirsium arvense, common as a fast-spreading weed in the US
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?