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17-letter words containing c, r, o, s, n, t

  • counteroffensives — Plural form of counteroffensive.
  • counterparty risk — the risk that a person who is a party to a contract will default on their obligations under that contract
  • countersignatures — Plural form of countersignature.
  • countersubversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
  • counterterrorists — Plural form of counterterrorist.
  • court of sessions — any of state courts of criminal jurisdiction in California, New York, and a few other states.
  • critical constant — any of three constants associated with the critical point of a pure element or compound.
  • cross one's heart — to promise or pledge, esp by making the sign of a cross over one's heart
  • cross the rubicon — If you say that someone has crossed the Rubicon, you mean that they have reached a point where they cannot change a decision or course of action.
  • cross-correlation — the correlation between two sequences of random variables in a time series
  • cross-examination — to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
  • cross-lot bracing — bracing extending from one side of an excavation to the opposite to retain the earth on both sides.
  • cross-pollination — the transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another flower by the action of wind, insects, etc
  • cross-utilization — to make use of in an additional or different way.
  • crossover network — an electronic network in a loudspeaker system that separates the signal into two or more frequency bands, the lower frequencies being fed to a woofer, the higher frequencies to a tweeter
  • cryopreservations — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
  • cryptocrystalline — (of rocks) composed of crystals that can be distinguished individually only by the use of a polarizing microscope
  • culture diffusion — the spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point.
  • customs clearance — the permission to take goods into or out of a country once customs requirements have been satisfied
  • cut a person dead — to ignore a person completely
  • cutaneous quittor — a purulent infection of horses and other hoofed animals, characterized by an acute inflammation of soft tissue above the hoof and resulting in suppuration and sloughing of the skin and usually lameness.
  • d-shell connector — (hardware)   One of the family of connectors: DA-15, DB-25, DC-37, DD-50, DE-9, and DEH-15 [VGA]. The "D" is the shape of the shell, the next letter determines connector size, and the number is the maximum pin count.
  • de facto standard — A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, but which nevertheless has a large market share. The archetypal example of a de facto standard is the IBM PC which, despite is many glaring technical deficiencies, has gained such a large share of the personal computer market that it is now popular simply because it is popular and therefore enjoys fierce competition in pricing and software development.
  • deconstructionism — The belief in, or application of, deconstruction.
  • deconstructionist — a philosophical and critical movement, starting in the 1960s and especially applied to the study of literature, that questions all traditional assumptions about the ability of language to represent reality and emphasizes that a text has no stable reference or identification because words essentially only refer to other words and therefore a reader must approach a text by eliminating any metaphysical or ethnocentric assumptions through an active role of defining meaning, sometimes by a reliance on new word construction, etymology, puns, and other word play.
  • decriminalisation — (chiefly, British) Alternative form of decriminalization.
  • dehistoricization — The process or result of dehistoricizing.
  • delay instruction — delayed control-transfer
  • democritus junior — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
  • designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
  • despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
  • desynchronisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of desynchronization.
  • desynchronization — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • directionlessness — Absence of direction.
  • disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
  • distribution cost — a cost incurred by a distributor or in the distribution of something
  • district attorney — an officer who acts as attorney for the people or government within a specified district.
  • dollars-and-cents — considered strictly in terms of money: from a dollars-and-cents viewpoint.
  • electric constant — the permittivity of free space, which has the value 8.854 187 × 10–12 farad per metre
  • electroanesthesia — Anesthesia induced by cranial electrotherapy stimulation.
  • electroconvulsive — Of or relating to the treatment of mental illness by the application of electric shocks to the brain.
  • electrodeposition — The deposition of a metal on a cathode during electrolysis; used as a method of purification.
  • elementary school — primary school
  • emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
  • emission spectrum — the continuous spectrum or pattern of bright lines or bands seen when the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a substance is passed into a spectrometer. The spectrum is characteristic of the emitting substance and the type of excitation to which it is subjected
  • extension courses — courses offered to outsiders by an educational establishment
  • factory inspector — a person who inspects factories
  • fairness doctrine — a policy mandated by the Federal Communications Commission, requiring radio and television stations to grant equal time to a political candidate, group, etc., to present an opposing viewpoint to one already aired.
  • fictitious person — a legal entity or artificial person, as a corporation.
  • first call on sth — If you have first call on something, you will be asked before anyone else whether you want to buy or use it.
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