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14-letter words containing c, o, l, r, i

  • constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
  • constraintlisp — (language)   An object-oriented constraint language based on CSP. An extension of Common Lisp and CLOS.
  • constructional — the act or art of constructing.
  • constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • container line — a haulier or carrier that uses containers
  • contemporarily — 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.
  • conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
  • contour flying — the technique of flying at a constant altitude of less than 22.8 metres (75 feet) above the ground.
  • contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
  • contracyclical — (of a policy) stabilizing the economy through countering major fluctuations, such as recessions or booms
  • contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
  • contributional — the act of contributing.
  • contributorily — In a contributory manner.
  • controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
  • controvertible — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
  • controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.
  • conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
  • convertibility — The quality of being convertible.
  • copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
  • coreligionists — Plural form of coreligionist.
  • coriolis force — a fictitious force used to explain a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the earth when observed from the earth. The deflection (Coriolis effect) is due to the earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole
  • cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
  • cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
  • corolliflorous — corollifloral
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
  • corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
  • corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
  • corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
  • correctability — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
  • corruptibility — that can or might be corrupted.
  • corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • council of war — A council of war is a meeting that is held in order to decide how a particular threat or emergency should be dealt with.
  • councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.
  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
  • coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.
  • court circular — (in countries having a monarchy) a daily report of the activities, engagements, etc, of the sovereign, published in a national newspaper
  • court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
  • court-bouillon — a stock made from root vegetables, water, and wine or vinegar, used primarily for poaching fish
  • courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
  • courtesy title — any of several titles having no legal significance, such as those borne by the children of peers
  • craniocerebral — relating to both the cranium and the cerebrum
  • crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
  • credit control — (in a business) the practice of maximizing revenue by making sure that customers are a good credit risk
  • criminal court — A criminal court is a law court that deals with criminal offences.
  • criminological — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
  • criminologists — Plural form of criminologist.
  • crimson clover — an annual clover (Trifolium incarnatum) with elongated heads of deep-red flowers, often grown in the S U.S. as a cover or green-manure crop
  • critical point — the point on a phase diagram that represents the critical state of a substance
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