14-letter words containing c, o, r, n
- chronometrical — a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
- chronosequence — (geology) A sequence of different soils formed at different times.
- church council — (in certain Lutheran churches) a body of lay delegates chosen from the congregation and charged with supporting the pastor in religious instruction, contributions to the church, etc.
- church, alonzo — Alonzo Church
- cimarron-river — a river flowing E from NE New Mexico to the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cine projector — a machine which projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- cinemicrograph — a motion picture filmed through a microscope.
- circuitousness — The state of being circuitous.
- circumcolumnar — surrounding a column.
- circumferentor — an instrument that measures the circumference of a tyre
- circumfixation — a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
- circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
- circumlocution — A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct.
- circumnutation — the irregular spiral or elliptical rotation of the apex of a growing stem, root, or shoot, caused by differences in the rate of growth of the opposite sides
- circumnutatory — relating to circumnutation
- circumposition — the act of circumposing
- circumrotation — Rotation or revolution around an axis.
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- circumvolution — the act of turning, winding, or folding around a central axis
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- citronella oil — the yellow aromatic oil obtained from citronella grass, used in insect repellents, soaps, perfumes, etc
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- clarendon code — four acts passed by the Cavalier Parliament between 1661 and 1665 to deal with the religious problems of the Restoration
- clarifications — Plural form of clarification.
- claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- close juncture — continuity in the articulation of two successive sounds, as in the normal transition between sounds within a word; absence of juncture (opposed to open juncture). Compare juncture (def 7), open juncture, terminal juncture.
- closed cornice — a slightly projecting wooden cornice composed of a frieze board and a crown molding without a soffit.
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
- co-conspirator — a fellow conspirator; associate or collaborator in a conspiracy.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- co-respondents — men's two-coloured shoes, usually black and white or brown and white
- coach transfer — a short journey by coach constituting part of a longer journey taken chiefly by a different mode of transport, esp a journey to or from an airport
- coach-and-four — a coach together with the four horses by which it is drawn.
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coarticulation — concomitance of articulation, as in fro, ostensibly a succession of three discrete sounds but physically a single articulation (f-) blending into a coarticulation (-fr-), which blends into an articulation (-r-), which blends into a coarticulation (-ro-), which blends into an articulation (-o).
- coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cocarcinogenic — of or relating to a cocarcinogen
- cochairmanship — the position of being one of the two chairmen of an organization
- cochlear nerve — the branch of the auditory nerve that connects with the cochlea and transmits impulses to the hearing center of the brain
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.