13-letter words containing c, o, r, i, n, t
- counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
- counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counterbidder — a person or organization that makes a bid in opposition to another bid
- counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- counterfeited — Simple past tense and past participle of counterfeit.
- counterfeiter — made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged: counterfeit dollar bills.
- counterfeitly — in a counterfeit manner
- countermining — Present participle of countermine.
- countermotion — an opposing motion
- countermoving — Present participle of countermove.
- counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
- counterpicket — a picket which opposes an existing picket at the same location
- counterpoints — Plural form of counterpoint.
- counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
- counterpoises — Plural form of counterpoise.
- counterpoison — A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.
- countersigned — a sign used in reply to another sign.
- countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
- counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
- countertactic — an opposing tactic
- counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
- counting room — counting house.
- country music — a type of 20th-century popular music based on White folk music of the southeastern US
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- covert action — a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
- cranioscopist — a practitioner of cranioscopy
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- criminologist — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- crop rotation — the system of growing a sequence of different crops on the same ground so as to maintain or increase its fertility
- cross-cutting — linking traditionally separate or independent parties or interests
- cross-footing — Accounting. to total figures horizontally across columns instead of vertically.
- cross-posting — the sending of an email to many forums, mailing lists, etc
- cross-section — If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical or representative of all of them.
- cross-trainer — a type of athletic shoe designed to be used in more than one type of activity.
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
- crotonic acid — type of colourless acid
- cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
- cuprotitanium — (metallurgy) An alloy of copper and titanium obtained by reducing a mixture of copper and rutile.
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.