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15-letter words containing c, t

  • coinstantaneous — taking place at exactly the same moment
  • cold-water flat — (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating.
  • coldwater-river — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
  • coleman lantern — a gasoline lantern that gives a bright light, used by campers
  • collaboratively — in the manner of working with others on a joint project
  • collected works — the works of a particular writer brought together into one volume or a set of volumes
  • collecting bank — a bank that collects money from the account of the writer of a cheque on behalf of the person who has deposited the cheque into the bank
  • collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
  • collective mark — a trademark or service mark used by the members of a cooperative, a union, or other collective association to identify themselves as members.
  • collective noun — A collective noun is a noun such as 'family' or 'team' that refers to a group of people or things.
  • college station — a city in E central Texas.
  • college student — a student at a university or college
  • collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
  • colonialization — the act of bringing into subjection or subjugation by colonializing.
  • colonizationist — a person who is in favour of colonization
  • colorado beetle — a black-and-yellow beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, that is a serious pest of potatoes, feeding on the leaves: family Chrysomelidae
  • colorado desert — an arid region of SE California and NW Mexico, west of the Colorado River. Area: over 5000 sq km (2000 sq miles)
  • colour contrast — the change in the appearance of a colour surrounded by another colour; for example, grey looks bluish if surrounded by yellow
  • colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
  • colouristically — in a colouristic manner
  • colourpoint cat — a cat with increased pigmentation of cooler points of the body, such as ears, feet, tail, nose, and scrotum (in males)
  • combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
  • combat trousers — Combat trousers are large, loose trousers with lots of pockets.
  • combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
  • combustibleness — The state or quality of being combustible.
  • combustion tube — a tube of heat-resistant glass, silica, or ceramic, in which a substance can be reduced, as in a combustion furnace
  • come out on top — If a person, organization, or country comes out on top, they are more successful than the others that they have been competing with.
  • come to no good — to come to a bad end; end in failure, trouble, etc.
  • come to nothing — plan, idea: fail
  • come to oneself — to recover one's senses
  • come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
  • comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
  • comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
  • comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
  • comfortably off — If someone is comfortably off, they have enough money to be able to live without financial problems.
  • coming bet ween — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
  • comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • commit to paper — to write down; record
  • committal order — the document that commits someone to prison
  • committee stage — (in British parliamentary procedure) the detailed examination by MPs of proposed legislation
  • committeeperson — a member of a committee.
  • commodification — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
  • commoditization — The transformation of something into a commodity.
  • commodity trade — trade in raw materials and food
  • common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
  • common entrance — (in Britain) an entrance examination for a public school, usually taken at the age of 13
  • common fraction — a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both whole numbers
  • common multiple — an integer or polynomial that is a multiple of each integer or polynomial in a group
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