16-letter words containing c, o, n, s, u
- class background — a person's background with reference to social class
- cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
- closed community — a plant community that does not allow for further colonization, all the available niches being occupied
- closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
- cochineal cactus — a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect.
- 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.
- combined honours — (in British education) a degree course that includes more than one subject
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- commensurateness — The state or quality of being commensurate.
- commission house — a brokerage firm that buys and sells for customers on a commission basis
- communicableness — The state or quality of being communicable.
- communion sunday — any Sunday on which communion is administered.
- communitarianism — A theory or system of social organization based on small self-governing communities.
- community school — a school offering some nonacademic activities related to life in a particular community and often serving as a community centre
- community spirit — willingness and desire to participate in activities that promote a community
- commutation-test — the act of substituting one thing for another; substitution; exchange.
- company of jesus — former name of the Society of Jesus.
- complicitousness — (rare, possibly nonstandard) Complicity.
- composite number — a positive integer that can be factorized into two or more other positive integers
- computer science — the study of computers and their application
- configurationism — Gestalt psychology
- confused elderly — old and no longer having mental abilities sufficient for independent living
- consanguineously — In a consanguineous fashion; by blood relationship.
- consent judgment — a judgment settled and agreed to by the parties to the action. Compare consent decree (def 2).
- consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
- consequentialism — the doctrine that an action is right or wrong according as its consequences are good or bad
- consequentialist — the theory that human actions derive their moral worth solely from their outcomes or consequences.
- consequentiality — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- conspicuity tape — a highly reflective strip or tape used on a vehicle, clothing, etc., to make it more visible in low light.
- constitutionally — in composition or physique
- constitutionists — Plural form of constitutionist.
- constructability — Alternative form of constructibility.
- constructed type — (types) A type formed by applying some type constructor function to one or more other types. The usual constructions are functions: t1 -> t2, products: (t1, t2), sums: t1 + t2 and lifting: lift(t1). (In LaTeX, the lifted type is written with a subscript \perp). See also algebraic data type, primitive type.
- constructibility — The condition of being constructible.
- constructionally — In a constructional manner.
- constructionists — Plural form of constructionist.
- constructiveness — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- consubstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of consubstantiate.
- consulting hours — the hours during which health practitioners are available for consultation
- consumer durable — Consumer durables are goods which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- consumer society — You can use consumer society to refer to a society where people think that spending money on goods and services is very important.
- consumption weed — groundsel tree.
- contagious magic — magic that attempts to affect a person through something once connected with him or her, as a shirt once worn by the person or a footprint left in the sand; a branch of sympathetic magic based on the belief that things once in contact are in some way permanently so, however separated physically they may subsequently become.
- contemptuousness — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
- continuous hinge — a long narrow hinge that runs the full length of the two surfaces to which its leaves are joined.
- continuous miner — continuous cutter.
- continuous waves — radio waves generated as a continuous train of oscillations having a constant frequency and amplitude
- contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
- contumaciousness — The property of being contumacious.
- contumeliousness — The state or quality of being contumelious.