14-letter words containing c, o, n, b, r
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- combining form — A combining form is a word that is used, or used with a particular meaning, only when joined to another word. For example, '-legged' as in 'four-legged' and '-fold' as in 'fivefold' are combining forms.
- commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
- comparableness — The state or quality of being comparable; comparability.
- complex number — any number of the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers and i = √–1
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
- confirmability — the quality of being confirmable
- conformability — Conformableness.
- congressmember — a member of a congress, especially of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
- contact binary — a binary system in which the envelopes of gas surrounding each star are in contact.
- contact number — a person's telephone number
- containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
- contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
- contrabassoons — Plural form of contrabassoon.
- contract labor — labor coercible by the enforceable provisions of a contract.
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- contributional — the act of contributing.
- contributorily — In a contributory manner.
- controvertible — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.
- convertibility — The quality of being convertible.
- corner cabinet — a cabinet, usually triangular in design so as to fit into a corner of a room.
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- corroborations — Plural form of corroboration.
- counter-boulle — contre-partie.
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
- countersubject — (in a fugue) the theme in one voice that accompanies the statement of the subject in another
- county borough — (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and in Wales from 1996) a borough administered independently of any higher tier of local government
- court-bouillon — a stock made from root vegetables, water, and wine or vinegar, used primarily for poaching fish
- cracker bonbon — a thin, crisp biscuit.
- craniocerebral — relating to both the cranium and the cerebrum
- cross bridging — bridging composed of crisscross pieces of wood.
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cubic zirconia — a synthetic crystalline compound of zirconium oxide, fashioned to resemble diamonds, etc.
- cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
- cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.