14-letter words containing c, o, n, a, r, i
- circumfixation — a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
- circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
- circumnutation — the irregular spiral or elliptical rotation of the apex of a growing stem, root, or shoot, caused by differences in the rate of growth of the opposite sides
- circumnutatory — relating to circumnutation
- circumrotation — Rotation or revolution around an axis.
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- citronella oil — the yellow aromatic oil obtained from citronella grass, used in insect repellents, soaps, perfumes, etc
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- clarifications — Plural form of clarification.
- claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
- co-conspirator — a fellow conspirator; associate or collaborator in a conspiracy.
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coarticulation — concomitance of articulation, as in fro, ostensibly a succession of three discrete sounds but physically a single articulation (f-) blending into a coarticulation (-fr-), which blends into an articulation (-r-), which blends into a coarticulation (-ro-), which blends into an articulation (-o).
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- cocarcinogenic — of or relating to a cocarcinogen
- cochairmanship — the position of being one of the two chairmen of an organization
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- coconspirators — Plural form of coconspirator.
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
- coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- command-driven — pertaining to or denoting a software program whose instructions to perform specified tasks are issued by the user as typed commands in predetermined syntax (contrasted with menu-driven).
- commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
- commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
- commissionaire — a uniformed doorman at a hotel, theatre, etc
- common carrier — a person or firm engaged in the business of transporting goods or passengers
- communion rail — (in a Christian church) the rail in front of the altar at which people kneel when taking communion
- communitarians — Plural form of communitarian.
- community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
- community care — help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions
- companion star — companion1 (def 6).
- compromisation — The act of compromising.
- concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
- concentrations — Plural form of concentration.
- concentrically — having a common center, as circles or spheres.
- conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
- concessionaire — A concessionaire is a person or company that has the right to sell a product or to run a business, especially in a building belonging to another business.
- conciliatorily — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- concretisation — Alternative spelling of concretization.