14-letter words containing c, o, t, e, a, u
- contact number — a person's telephone number
- contagiousness — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- contemperature — the action of mixing together harmoniously or proportionately
- contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contextualises — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contextualized — Simple past tense and past participle of contextualize.
- contextualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contextualize.
- copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
- coquilhatville — former name of Mbandaka.
- coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
- corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
- cosi fan tutte — a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- cosmeceuticals — Plural form of cosmeceutical.
- costume change — a change of costume by an actor
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- council estate — a housing development built by a local council
- council tenant — a tenant who rents a council house or council flat
- count palatine — originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
- countable noun — A countable noun is the same as a count noun.
- counter-attack — If you counter-attack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- counter-demand — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
- counterassault — a counterattack
- counterattacks — Plural form of counterattack; Alternative spelling of counter-attacks.
- counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
- counterchanged — Exchanged.
- countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
- countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
- countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
- counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
- countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
- countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- courtesy coach — a free coach
- credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
- croquet mallet — the wooden mallet used by a croquet player
- crummock water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 4 km (2.5 miles)
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- culture factor — culture as a causative agent, especially in contrast to biological factors.