14-letter words containing c, o, e, l, n
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- close juncture — continuity in the articulation of two successive sounds, as in the normal transition between sounds within a word; absence of juncture (opposed to open juncture). Compare juncture (def 7), open juncture, terminal juncture.
- close position — an arrangement of a chord that has the three upper voices close together
- closed cornice — a slightly projecting wooden cornice composed of a frieze board and a crown molding without a soffit.
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cochlear nerve — the branch of the auditory nerve that connects with the cochlea and transmits impulses to the hearing center of the brain
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- collecting box — a box for the temporary storage of examples or specimens
- collecting tin — a tin for donations of money for charity or another particular purpose
- collection box — A collection box is a box or tin that is used to collect money for charity.
- collectiveness — The state or quality of being collective.
- collectivizing — Present participle of collectivize.
- colliquescence — the potential for turning to liquid
- colloquialness — The state or quality of being colloquial.
- colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- colour printer — a printer that prints in colour on paper
- colourlessness — The state or quality of being colourless.
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- come in useful — If an object or skill comes in useful, it can help you achieve something in a particular situation.
- come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
- command module — the cone-shaped module used as the living quarters in an Apollo spacecraft and functioning as the splashdown vehicle
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
- commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
- common soldier — a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
- commonsensical — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
- community life — the life and activities of a community
- companion cell — any of a number of specialized parenchymal cells adjacent to a sieve tube in the phloem of flowering plants, believed to regulate the flow of nutrients through the tube.
- comparableness — The state or quality of being comparable; comparability.
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
- compassionless — having no compassion
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compensational — the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
- complementizer — a word or morpheme that serves to introduce a complement clause or a reduced form of such a clause, as that in I wish that he would leave
- complex number — any number of the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers and i = √–1
- complexionless — (of a person's face) pale
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.