16-letter words containing c, o, n, g, e, i
- coign of vantage — an advantageous position or stance for observation or action
- 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.
- colonial heights — a town in central Virginia.
- combining weight — the atomic weight of an atom or radical divided by its valence.
- come and get it! — the meal is ready!
- 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
- commission agent — a person who sells goods and services for a fee
- common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
- community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
- complexing agent — an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.: the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex.
- congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
- congressionalist — of or relating to a congress.
- consanguineously — In a consanguineous fashion; by blood relationship.
- consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
- considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
- consignment note — a document containing particulars of goods for shipment and which provides proof that the consignment has been received by the carrier for delivery
- contact magazine — a magazine in which to place adverts to make contacts, esp sexual ones
- container garden — a collection of pots or other receptacles containing soil for growing plants out of doors
- contingency fund — a sum of money allocated for use in an emergency or to cover unforeseen expenses
- contingency plan — a plan to be carried out if a more likely or desired outcome does not happen
- continuous hinge — a long narrow hinge that runs the full length of the two surfaces to which its leaves are joined.
- coping mechanism — something a person does to deal with a difficult situation
- corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
- correcting plate — a thin lens used to correct incoming light rays in special forms of reflecting telescopes.
- costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
- cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
- counter-checking — a check that opposes or restrains.
- counterattacking — Present participle of counterattack.
- counterbalancing — Present participle of counterbalance.
- counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.
- counterguerrilla — (of operations, conflicts, etc) conducted against guerrillas
- counterinsurgent — of or relating to counterinsurgency
- countermigration — a migration in the opposite direction.
- countersignature — second signature
- crossopterygians — Plural form of crossopterygian.
- curmudgeonliness — The state or condition of being curmudgeonly.
- cyanogen bromide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous, volatile, crystalline solid, BrCN, used chiefly as a fumigant and a pesticide.
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- day of reckoning — If someone talks about the day of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.
- de-anglicization — (in Ireland) the elimination of English influence, language, customs, etc
- debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
- deflecting force — the apparent deflection (Coriolis acceleration) of a body in motion with respect to the earth, as seen by an observer on the earth, attributed to a fictitious force (Coriolis force) but actually caused by the rotation of the earth and appearing as a deflection to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and a deflection to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
- descending colon — the last portion of the colon, beginning at the upper left abdomen in the region of the spleen and continuing downward along the left posterior wall to the sigmoid flexure.
- diagonal process — a form of argument in which a new member of a set is constructed from a list of its known members by making the nth term of the new member differ from the nth term of the nth member. The new member is thus different from every member of the list
- director general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
- director-general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
- disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
- discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
- document imaging — the process of converting paper documents into an electronic or digital format