16-letter words containing c, r, o, s, e, t
- counterarguments — Plural form of counterargument.
- counterclockwise — If something is moving counterclockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
- counterculturist — Counterculturalist.
- counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.
- counterevidences — Plural form of counterevidence.
- counterinsurgent — of or relating to counterinsurgency
- counterirritants — Plural form of counterirritant.
- countermovements — Plural form of countermovement.
- counternarcotics — Measures or activities designed to prevent the use or distrubution of iillegal narcotic drugs.
- counteroffensive — a series of attacks by a defending force against an attacking enemy
- counterproposals — Plural form of counterproposal.
- countersignature — second signature
- counterstatement — a statement made to deny or refute another statement.
- counterterrorism — Counterterrorism consists of activities that are intended to prevent terrorist acts or to get rid of terrorist groups.
- counterterrorist — Intended to combat terrorism.
- course of action — a way of proceeding
- coursewriter iii — (language, education) A simple CAI language, developed around 1976.
- court of appeals — A Court of Appeals is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
- court of justice — a legal court
- court of session — the supreme civil court in Scotland
- cowichan sweater — a heavy sweater of grey, unbleached wool with distinctive designs that were originally black-and-white but are now sometimes coloured: knitted originally by Cowichan Indians in British Columbia
- craftspersonship — The body of activities, skills, techniques, knowledge, and expertise pertinent to (a) particular craft(s).
- creation science — teaching and research based upon the belief that the biblical account of the creation of the world is scientific fact
- creative commons — Sometimes, creative commons. a set of various licenses that allow people to share their copyrighted work to be copied, edited, built upon, etc., while retaining the copyright to the original work (often used attributively): We’re happy for other sites to share these photos under Creative Commons; a creative commons license.
- creative tension — a situation where disagreement or discord ultimately gives rise to better ideas or outcomes
- creditworthiness — having a satisfactory credit rating.
- critical section — A non-re-entrant piece of code that can only be executed by one process at a time. It will usually terminate in bounded time and a process will only have to wait a bounded time to enter it. Some synchronisation mechanism is required at the entry and exit of the critical section to ensure exclusive use.
- cross protection — the protection against a viral infection given to a plant by its prior inoculation with a related but milder virus
- cross-cut chisel — a chisel used for making grooves
- cross-resistance — immunologic resistance to the pathogenic effects of a microorganism because of previous exposure to another species or type having cross-reactive antigens.
- crosscontaminate — Alternative spelling of cross-contaminate.
- crossopterygians — Plural form of crossopterygian.
- crown prosecutor — In Britain, a crown prosecutor is a lawyer who works for the state and who prosecutes people who are accused of crimes.
- cryoprecipitates — Plural form of cryoprecipitate.
- cryopreservation — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
- crystal detector — a demodulator, used esp in microwave circuits and in early radio receivers, consisting of a thin metal wire in point contact with a semiconductor crystal
- crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
- curbstone broker — a broker in the early American stockmarket who did business in the street
- customary tenant — a tenant occupying a property under the customs of the manor, often a low-status tenant with little security of tenure
- customer profile — a description or analysis of a typical or ideal customer for one's business
- customer service — Customer service refers to the way that companies behave towards their customers, for example how well they treat them.
- customer support — Customer support is a service provided to help customers resolve any technical problems that they may have with a product or service.
- cut one's throat — to bring about one's own ruin
- cystourethrocele — A urethrocele occurring with a cystocele.
- dacryocystectomy — The surgical removal of a part of the lacrimal sac.
- data compression — the act of compressing.
- davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
- deboursification — (jargon) Removal of irrelevant newsgroups from the Newsgroups header of a followup. The term applies particularly to the removal of frivolous groups added by one of the Kooks. See also: sneck.
- decentralisation — Alternative spelling of decentralization.
- decision support — Software used to aid management decision making, typically relying on a decision support database.