13-letter words containing c, o, n, v, i, e
- contraversial — Misspelling of controversial.
- contraversion — A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- controversies — Plural form of controversy.
- controversion — (chiefly, archaic) controversy.
- controverting — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- controvertist — a controversialist
- conventionary — (of a form of tenure) fixed by convention as opposed to custom
- conventioneer — Conventioneers are people who are attending a convention.
- conventionist — a conventioneer
- conversations — Plural form of conversation.
- conversazione — a social gathering for discussion of the arts, literature, etc
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- copy negative — master (def 21).
- coronary vein — any of several veins that receive blood from the heart wall and empty into the coronary sinus.
- coronaviruses — Plural form of coronavirus.
- corresponsive — corresponding
- corrosiveness — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
- counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- countermoving — Present participle of countermove.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- cove lighting — indirect lighting directed upward from an interior cornice or the like toward a cove at the edge of the ceiling.
- cover bidding — the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted
- cover version — A cover version of a song is a version of it recorded by a singer or band who did not originally perform the song.
- covering fire — firing intended to protect an individual or formation making a movement by forcing the enemy to take cover
- coversed sine — obsolete function in trigonometry
- covert action — a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
- crossing over — the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the diplotene stage of meiosis. It results in the rearrangement of genes and produces variation in the inherited characteristics of the offspring
- cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
- deconvolution — A process of resolving something into its constituent elements or removing complication in order to clarify it.
- divine comedy — a narrative epic poem (14th century) by Dante.
- divine office — office (def 12c).
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- driving force — impetus
- economy drive — a campaign by the government or a firm to reduce expenditure and make savings
- equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- evocativeness — The state or condition of being evocative.
- floorcovering — A covering for a floor.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- have occasion — If you have occasion to do something, it is necessary for you to do it.
- homing device — a mechanism incorporated into a guided missile, airplane, etc., that aims it toward its objective.
- ill-conceived — badly conceived or planned: an ill-conceived project.
- in advance of — prior to
- in-observance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inconceivable — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- inconceivably — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- inconsecutive — not consecutive.