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14-letter words containing c, r, e, n

  • counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
  • counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
  • counterfeiting — the making of fraudulent copies; forgery
  • 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.
  • counterpersons — Plural form of counterperson.
  • counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
  • counterpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint.
  • counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
  • counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
  • counterproject — an opposing project or scheme
  • counterprotest — a protest which opposes an existing protest
  • counterpunched — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpunch.
  • counterpuncher — a boxer who waits for an opponent to attack before punching
  • counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
  • 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
  • countersigning — Present participle of countersign.
  • countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
  • countersubject — (in a fugue) the theme in one voice that accompanies the statement of the subject in another
  • countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
  • counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
  • counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
  • country people — people who live in the country
  • country singer — a singer of country and western music
  • county cricket — (in Britain) cricket played between county teams competing in the county cricket championship
  • coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.
  • courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
  • courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
  • covering power — the maximum area of a scene that can be recorded with good definition by a particular lens.
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • cracker bonbon — a thin, crisp biscuit.
  • cranberry bush — a North American caprifoliaceous shrub or small tree, Viburnum trilobum, producing acid red fruit
  • cranberry tree — highbush cranberry.
  • cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
  • craniocerebral — relating to both the cranium and the cerebrum
  • creatureliness — creatural.
  • credence table — a small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison before serving
  • credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
  • credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
  • credit balance — the amount of money that a client of a financial institution has in his or her account, in securities, etc
  • credit control — (in a business) the practice of maximizing revenue by making sure that customers are a good credit risk
  • credit manager — a person employed in a business firm to administer credit service to its customers, especially to evaluate the extension and amount of credit to be granted.
  • creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
  • creeping jesus — an obsequious or servile person
  • creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
  • creme d'ananas — a liqueur flavored with pineapple.
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