15-letter words containing c, o, e, n
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- come up smiling — to recover cheerfully from misfortune
- comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- coming bet ween — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- command economy — In a command economy, business activities and the use of resources are decided by the government, and not by market forces.
- commendableness — The state or quality of being commendable.
- commercial bank — a bank primarily concerned with accepting demand deposits, used as checking accounts
- commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
- commercializing — Present participle of commercialize.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- commissionaires — Plural form of commissionaire.
- commissionnaire — Alternative form of commissionaire.
- committeeperson — a member of a committee.
- common currency — If you say that an idea or belief has become common currency, you mean it is widely used and accepted.
- common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
- common entrance — (in Britain) an entrance examination for a public school, usually taken at the age of 13
- common multiple — an integer or polynomial that is a multiple of each integer or polynomial in a group
- common property — property belonging to all members of a community.
- common shelduck — a large, brightly coloured gooselike duck of the Old World, Tadorna tadorna
- common-law wife — a woman considered to be a man's wife after the couple have cohabited for several years
- common-sensible — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
- commonplaceness — The state or quality of being commonplace.
- communal aerial — a television or radio receiving aerial from which received signals are distributed by cable to several outlets
- communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
- communion table — (in a Christian church) the table at which people take communion
- community chest — a fund raised by voluntary contribution for local welfare activities
- companion piece — a subsidiary object, esp a work of art or piece of writing, that accompanies another
- company manners — rules of politeness that people, esp children, are supposed to observe in the presence of other people
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
- comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
- comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compendiousness — The state or quality of being compendious.
- competition car — a car that has been modified to compete in racing
- competitiveness — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complementarily — In a complementary manner.
- complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
- complementation — In linguistics, a complementation pattern of a verb, noun, or adjective is the patterns that typically follow it.
- complementizers — Plural form of complementizer.
- completion date — (in Britain) the date on which the sale of a piece of property is final
- complex-machine — Older Use. an automobile or airplane. a typewriter.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- composite print — a photograph characterized by overlapping or juxtaposed images resulting from a multiple exposure or the combining of negatives (composite print)