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15-letter words containing c, o, n, t, r

  • centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
  • centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point
  • chamber concert — a concert of chamber music
  • change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
  • charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
  • chemoattractant — a chemical substance that provokes chemotaxis, esp one that causes a bacterium to move in the direction in which its concentration is increasing
  • chemoprevention — the prevention of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
  • chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
  • chocolate brown — a dark brown
  • chondroskeleton — the cartilaginous part of the skeleton of vertebrates
  • chorda tendinea — any of the tendons extending from the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves and preventing the valves from moving into the atria during ventricular contraction.
  • chorioallantoic — relating to the chorioallantois
  • chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
  • chorioretinitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the choroid and retina of the eye.
  • chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
  • cinder concrete — concrete having small coal clinkers as an aggregate.
  • cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
  • cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
  • cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
  • circularisation — Alternative spelling of circularization.
  • circularization — to circulate (a letter, memorandum, etc.).
  • circumlocutions — Plural form of circumlocution.
  • circumnavigator — A person who circumnavigates; that is, sails around the world.
  • circumscription — the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
  • circumvallation — surrounded by or as if by a rampart.
  • circumvolutions — Plural form of circumvolution.
  • climate control — air conditioning in a building or vehicle
  • climb indicator — an instrument that shows the rate of ascent or descent of an aircraft, operating on a differential pressure principle.
  • closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
  • clotting factor — any one of a group of substances, including factor VIII, the presence of which in the blood is essential for blood clotting to occur
  • codetermination — joint participation of management and employees or employees' trade union representatives in some decisions
  • coffee whitener — a milk substitute to put in coffee
  • cognitive radio — a radio that can automatically alter frequency, power, modulation, etc, according to where it is located
  • coleman lantern — a gasoline lantern that gives a bright light, used by campers
  • colour contrast — the change in the appearance of a colour surrounded by another colour; for example, grey looks bluish if surrounded by yellow
  • colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
  • colourpoint cat — a cat with increased pigmentation of cooler points of the body, such as ears, feet, tail, nose, and scrotum (in males)
  • combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
  • combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
  • comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
  • comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
  • comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • committeeperson — a member of a committee.
  • common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
  • common entrance — (in Britain) an entrance examination for a public school, usually taken at the age of 13
  • common fraction — a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both whole numbers
  • common property — property belonging to all members of a community.
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