15-letter words containing c, o, i, n, p
- come up smiling — to recover cheerfully from misfortune
- commission plan — (in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members
- committeeperson — a member of a committee.
- common multiple — an integer or polynomial that is a multiple of each integer or polynomial in a group
- common-isdn-api — Common ISDN Application Programming Interface
- communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
- communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
- companion piece — a subsidiary object, esp a work of art or piece of writing, that accompanies another
- 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
- comparison-shop — to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise.
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
- 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.
- 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.
- composing stick — a metal holder of adjustable width in which a compositor sets a line of type at a time by hand; now rarely used
- composite print — a photograph characterized by overlapping or juxtaposed images resulting from a multiple exposure or the combining of negatives (composite print)
- compositionally — in a compositional manner
- compotationship — the state of being a compotator or drinking companion
- compound animal — any animal, such as most hydroids, corals, and bryozoans, composed of a number of individuals produced by budding from a single parent and usually so fused together that no demarcation is clearly distinguishable
- compound engine — a steam engine in which the steam is expanded in more than one stage, first in a high-pressure cylinder and then in one or more low-pressure cylinders
- comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
- comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
- comprehensivize — to make (an educational system) comprehensive
- computationally — from a computational point of view
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- computer vision — a robot analogue of human vision in which information about the environment is received by one or more video cameras and processed by computer: used in navigation by robots, in the control of automated production lines, etc.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- computerization — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- con espressione — (to be performed) with feeling; expressively
- conception rate — the success rate of artificial insemination in agricultural animals, usually expressed as a percentage
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
- concert pianist — a person who earns a living from giving solo performances on the piano in front of audiences
- concurrent lisp — (language) A concurrent version of Lisp. Sugimoto et al implemented an interpreter on a "large scale computer" and were planning to implement it on multiple microprocessors.
- connoisseurship — a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art.