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16-letter words containing c, o, e, t

  • condensed matter — crystalline and amorphous solids and liquids, including liquid crystals, glasses, polymers, and gels
  • 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.
  • confederationism — The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
  • confederationist — A supporter of confederation.
  • conference table — a large table, often rectangular, around which a number of people may be seated, as when holding a conference
  • confidence trick — A confidence trick is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true, often to trick you out of money.
  • confidentialness — The state or quality of being confidential.
  • congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
  • congo free state — a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • congressionalist — of or relating to a congress.
  • conic projection — a map projection on which the earth is shown as projected onto a cone with its apex over one of the poles and with parallels of latitude radiating from this apex
  • connect the dots — join dots to form a picture
  • conscientization — (sociology, education) A social concept, grounded in Marxist critical theory, that focuses on achieving an in-depth understanding of the world, allowing for the perception and exposure of perceived social and political contradictions.
  • consent judgment — a judgment settled and agreed to by the parties to the action. Compare consent decree (def 2).
  • 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.
  • conservationists — Plural form of conservationist.
  • conservative jew — a Jew who adheres for the most part to the principles and practices of traditional Judaism with the reservation that, taking into account contemporary conditions, certain modifications or rejections are permissible.
  • conservativeness — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
  • consignment note — a document containing particulars of goods for shipment and which provides proof that the consignment has been received by the carrier for delivery
  • consonant system — the consonant phonemes of a language, especially when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group.
  • conspicuity tape — a highly reflective strip or tape used on a vehicle, clothing, etc., to make it more visible in low light.
  • constant lambert — Constant [kon-stuh nt] /ˈkɒn stənt/ (Show IPA), 1905–51, English composer and conductor.
  • constructed type — (types)   A type formed by applying some type constructor function to one or more other types. The usual constructions are functions: t1 -> t2, products: (t1, t2), sums: t1 + t2 and lifting: lift(t1). (In LaTeX, the lifted type is written with a subscript \perp). See also algebraic data type, primitive type.
  • constructiveness — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • consubstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of consubstantiate.
  • consumer society — You can use consumer society to refer to a society where people think that spending money on goods and services is very important.
  • consumption weed — groundsel tree.
  • contact magazine — a magazine in which to place adverts to make contacts, esp sexual ones
  • container garden — a collection of pots or other receptacles containing soil for growing plants out of doors
  • containerization — a method of shipping freight in relatively uniform, sealed, movable containers whose contents do not have to be unloaded at each point of transfer. Compare break-bulk (def 1).
  • contemporariness — 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.
  • contemptibleness — The state or quality of being contemptible.
  • contemptuousness — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
  • 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.
  • content curation — the selection, organization, and presentation of (usually) online material, either manually or by a computer program
  • content provider — A content provider is a company that supplies material such as text, music, or images for use on websites.
  • 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 fund — a sum of money allocated for use in an emergency or to cover unforeseen expenses
  • contingency plan — a plan to be carried out if a more likely or desired outcome does not happen
  • continuous hinge — a long narrow hinge that runs the full length of the two surfaces to which its leaves are joined.
  • continuous miner — continuous cutter.
  • continuous waves — radio waves generated as a continuous train of oscillations having a constant frequency and amplitude
  • contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
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