15-letter words containing c, o, e, r, i, t
- countermarching — Present participle of countermarch.
- counterpetition — a formal request for legal action submitted to a court by a respondent who has received a petition
- counterplotting — Present participle of counterplot.
- counterpointing — Present participle of counterpoint.
- counterpunching — Present participle of counterpunch.
- counterquestion — a question which acts as a reply to another question
- counterreaction — a reaction against an initial action
- counterrotating — (of two corresponding or similar moving parts) rotating in opposite directions: counterrotating propellers.
- countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- counterviolence — the retaliatory use of violence
- counterweighted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweight.
- counting number — natural number
- country kitchen — a large kitchen with ample areas for food preparation and eating.
- court of equity — a court having jurisdiction in equity or administering justice in accordance with the principles of equity.
- courting couple — a pair of lovers
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- covering letter — A covering letter is a letter that you send with a parcel or with another letter in order to provide extra information.
- cpu info center — (processor) An old website at the University of California at Berkeley describing many different computers and their performance.
- crashworthiness — the ability of a vehicle structure to withstand a crash
- credit mobilier — a joint-stock company organized in 1863 and reorganized in 1867 to build the Union Pacific Railroad. It was involved in a scandal in 1872 in which high government officials were accused of accepting bribes.
- creditor nation — a nation that owes less to foreign and international bodies than they owe to it
- crisis software — A small UK company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers.
- crisis theology — a neoorthodox theology, advocated by Karl Barth and others, emphasizing the absolute necessity of faith and divine revelation in transcending the personal crisis, common to all humankind, that arises from the contradictions inherent in human nature and in the social order.
- critical period — a period in a lifetime during which a specific stage of development usually occurs. If it fails to do so, it cannot readily occur afterwards
- critical region — that part of a statistical distribution in which the probability of a given hypothesis is less than the chosen significance level, so that the hypothesis would be rejected
- critical volume — the volume occupied by one mole or unit mass of a substance in its critical state
- crocodile tears — If someone is crying crocodile tears, their tears and sadness are not genuine or sincere.
- cross-fertilize — to subject or be subjected to cross-fertilization
- cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- crossreactivity — Alternative spelling of cross-reactivity.
- crude oil berth — A crude oil berth is a place at a port for ships carrying crude oil.
- crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
- cryoanaesthesia — Alternative spelling of cryoanesthesia.
- cryoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with the application of low-temperature behavior, especially superconductivity, to electronic devices.
- cryoprecipitate — a precipitate obtained by controlled thawing of a previously frozen substance. Factor VIII, for treating haemophilia, is often obtained as a cryoprecipitate from frozen blood
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- curia rhaetorum — a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)
- curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- customs officer — a person employed by a customs service
- customs service — The Customs Service is a United States federal organization which is responsible for collecting taxes on imported and exported goods. Compare Customs and Excise.
- cuticle remover — a substance used to remove the cuticle from around the base of one's nails
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- cytophotometric — of or relating to cytophotometry
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- data protection — (in Britain) safeguards for individuals relating to personal data stored on a computer
- decarboxylation — the removal or loss of a carboxyl group from an organic compound
- decarburization — The act, process, or result of decarburizing.