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16-letter words containing c, o, n, u, r

  • 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.
  • content curation — the selection, organization, and presentation of (usually) online material, either manually or by a computer program
  • continuous miner — continuous cutter.
  • contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
  • contour interval — the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map
  • control language — (language)   (CL) The batch language for IBM RPG/38, used in conjunction with RPG III. See also OCL.
  • conus arteriosus — the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
  • coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
  • cornhusker state — Nebraska (used as a nickname).
  • corona australis — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere between Ara and Pavo
  • coronary cushion — a thick band of vascular tissue in the coronet of horses and other hoofed animals that secretes the horny wall of the hoof.
  • coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
  • correction fluid — a fluid, usually white, that can be painted over a mistake in writing or typing so that the correct form can be written or typed on top
  • 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.
  • council of trent — the council of the Roman Catholic Church that met between 1545 and 1563 at Trent in S Tyrol. Reacting against the Protestants, it reaffirmed traditional Catholic beliefs and formulated the ideals of the Counter-Reformation
  • counselor-at-law — a lawyer, esp one who conducts cases in court; attorney
  • counter-argument — A counter-argument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
  • counter-checking — a check that opposes or restrains.
  • counter-instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
  • counter-petition — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
  • counter-reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
  • counter-response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
  • counter-strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
  • counter-tendency — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
  • counter-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
  • counterarguments — Plural form of counterargument.
  • counterattacking — Present participle of counterattack.
  • counterbalancing — Present participle of counterbalance.
  • counterchallenge — A challenge made in response to another challenge.
  • counterclockwise — If something is moving counterclockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
  • counterculturist — Counterculturalist.
  • counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.
  • counterevidences — Plural form of counterevidence.
  • counterfactually — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
  • counterguerrilla — (of operations, conflicts, etc) conducted against guerrillas
  • counterinsurgent — of or relating to counterinsurgency
  • counterintuition — intuition that is counter to common-sense expectation.
  • counterintuitive — (of an idea, proposal, etc) seemingly contrary to common sense
  • counterirritants — Plural form of counterirritant.
  • countermigration — a migration in the opposite direction.
  • countermovements — Plural form of countermovement.
  • counternarcotics — Measures or activities designed to prevent the use or distrubution of iillegal narcotic drugs.
  • counteroffensive — a series of attacks by a defending force against an attacking enemy
  • counterproposals — Plural form of counterproposal.
  • countersignature — second signature
  • counterstatement — a statement made to deny or refute another statement.
  • counterterrorism — Counterterrorism consists of activities that are intended to prevent terrorist acts or to get rid of terrorist groups.
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