14-letter words containing e, n, c, o, d
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- co-respondents — men's two-coloured shoes, usually black and white or brown and white
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- code of honour — the standards of behaviour regarded as proper
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- coffee grinder — A coffee grinder is a machine for grinding coffee beans.
- coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- come down with — If you come down with an illness, you get it.
- come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
- command module — the cone-shaped module used as the living quarters in an Apollo spacecraft and functioning as the splashdown vehicle
- command-driven — pertaining to or denoting a software program whose instructions to perform specified tasks are issued by the user as typed commands in predetermined syntax (contrasted with menu-driven).
- commodiousness — The state or quality of being commodious.
- common ragweed — a plant, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, of a chiefly North American genus: family Asteraceae (composites). Its green tassel-like flowers produce large amounts of pollen, which causes hay fever
- common soldier — a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
- compassionated — Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate.
- compound meter — any time signature in which the upper figure is a multiple of 3, as 6/8, 9/8, 12/8, etc.
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- concentratedly — with intense mental application
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.
- condemned cell — A condemned cell is a prison cell for someone who is going to be executed.
- condensational — Of or pertaining to condensation.
- condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
- condensed type — a typeface narrower than the standard type for the series
- condescendence — a statement of facts presented by the plaintiff in a cause
- condescendency — Condescendence.
- conduct report — a report about the behaviour of a student, employee, prisoner etc
- conducted tour — A conducted tour is a visit to a building, town, or area during which someone goes with you and explains everything to you.
- conductivities — Plural form of conductivity.
- conductometric — relating to the measurement of conductivity
- confederations — Plural form of confederation.
- confidence man — A confidence man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
- confidentially — Confidentially is used to say that what you are telling someone is a secret and should not be discussed with anyone else.
- conjoined twin — Conjoined twins are twins who are born with their bodies joined.
- connecting rod — a rod or bar for transmitting motion, esp one that connects a rotating part to a reciprocating part
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- consent decree — a negotiated agreement of the parties to a lawsuit which resolves the disputed issues and is sanctioned by the court; often, specif., such an agreement by which the defendant agrees to cease an activity or practice asserted by the government to be illegal
- considerations — Plural form of consideration.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- consumer goods — Consumer goods are items bought by people for their own use, rather than by businesses. Compare capital goods.
- container dock — a dock designed for cargo containers
- containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
- contextualised — 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.