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

  • cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
  • clearance volume — The clearance volume is the volume remaining above the piston of an engine when it reaches top dead center.
  • clermont-ferrand — a city in S central France: capital of Puy-de-Dôme department; industrial centre. Pop: 140 957 (2011)
  • clinically obese — overweight to a degree which causes medical complications
  • cloak-and-dagger — A cloak-and-dagger activity is one which involves mystery and secrecy.
  • cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
  • clootie dumpling — a boiled suet pudding containing dried fruits
  • close by/at hand — Something that is close by or close at hand is near to you.
  • close one's eyes — to die
  • closed community — a plant community that does not allow for further colonization, all the available niches being occupied
  • closed-captioned — (of a video recording) having subtitles which appear on screen only if the cassette is played through a special decoder
  • closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
  • co-determination — a system of industrial management in which workers share responsibility for the operation of a company, as through elected representation on a corporate supervisory board
  • cochineal cactus — a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect.
  • cochineal insect — a Mexican homopterous insect, Dactylopius coccus, that feeds on cacti
  • cochlear implant — a device that stimulates the acoustic nerve in the inner ear in order to produce some form of hearing in people who are deaf from inner ear disease
  • cocktail cabinet — a cupboard in which glasses and bottles are kept
  • cog in the wheel — small part of a large system
  • coherence theory — the theory of truth that every true statement, insofar as it is true, describes its subject in the totality of its relationship with all other things.
  • coherent control — the use of nonrandom radiation, especially a laser beam, to change an atomic, electronic, or molecular system's behavior.
  • coign of vantage — an advantageous position or stance for observation or action
  • coital exanthema — a common venereal disease affecting horses and cattle, caused by a virus and characterized by the appearance of pustules on the mucous membranes of the genital organs and neighboring skin.
  • collagen disease — any of a group of diseases, as systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis, scleroderma, and rheumatoid arthritis, involving inflammation or degeneration of connective tissue and accompanied by deposition of fibrinous material.
  • collection plate — a plate that is used in church to collect money for charity or the support of the church
  • collection point — the area in a shop where goods that have been paid for can be collected
  • collectivisation — Alternative spelling of collectivization.
  • collectivization — to organize (a people, industry, economy, etc.) according to the principles of collectivism.
  • collision course — If two or more people or things are on a collision course, there is likely to be a sudden and violent disagreement between them.
  • colonial heights — a town in central Virginia.
  • color television — tv set showing images in colour
  • column extractor — A column extractor is a tall vessel in which one liquid removes something from another liquid using physical contact.
  • combined honours — (in British education) a degree course that includes more than one subject
  • combining weight — the atomic weight of an atom or radical divided by its valence.
  • come and get it! — the meal is ready!
  • come from behind — sport: win from a disadvantaged position
  • come/bring alive — If a story or description comes alive, it becomes interesting, lively, or realistic. If someone or something brings it alive, they make it seem more interesting, lively, or realistic.
  • command guidance — a method of controlling a missile during flight by transmitting information to it
  • command language — the language used to access a computer system
  • commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
  • commensurateness — The state or quality of being commensurate.
  • commission agent — a person who sells goods and services for a fee
  • commission house — a brokerage firm that buys and sells for customers on a commission basis
  • commissionership — The role or office of commissioner.
  • committee of one — an individual person designated to function alone as a committee.
  • common knowledge — something widely or generally known
  • common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
  • common-or-garden — You can use common-or-garden to describe something you think is ordinary and not special in any way.
  • commonplace book — a notebook in which quotations, poems, remarks, etc, that catch the owner's attention are entered
  • commonsensically — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
  • commonwealth day — the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, May 24, celebrated (now on the second Monday in March) as a holiday in many parts of the Commonwealth
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