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13-letter words containing e, n, c, o, u

  • consequential — Consequential means the same as consequent.
  • consimilitude — the quality of resembling or of being mutually alike
  • constituently — serving to compose or make up a thing; component: the constituent parts of a motor.
  • constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • consuetudinal — According to custom; customary; usual.
  • consumer unit — A consumer unit is a particular type of distribution board that controls and distributes electrical energy, especially in domestic premises.
  • consumeristic — characterized by consumerism
  • consumptively — In a consumptive manner.
  • contentiously — tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew.
  • contextualise — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualism — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
  • contextualist — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
  • contextuality — (uncountable) The condition of being contextual.
  • contextualize — to state the social, grammatical, or other context of; put into context
  • continuatives — Plural form of continuative.
  • continuedness — the state of being continued
  • contour sheet — a bed sheet designed to fit snugly over a mattress or the like, often having elastic material to hold down the corners.
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • contribute to — to have a share in bringing about (a result); be partly responsible for
  • convolvuluses — Plural form of convolvulus.
  • cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
  • coralligenous — producing coral
  • core business — the business activity that is main source of a company's profits and success, usually the activity that the company was originally set up to carry out
  • corel ventura — (text, graphics)   (Previously "Ventura Publisher") The first full-featured desktop publishing program available for the IBM personal computer and compatibles. Ventura Publisher was originally distributed by Ventura, a wholy owned subsiduary of Xerox Corporation but was acquired by Corel Corporation in September 1993.
  • coronaviruses — Plural form of coronavirus.
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
  • cotes-du-nord — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • cough and die — (jargon)   barf. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight. "The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died." Compare die, die horribly, scream and die.
  • council house — In Britain, a council house is a house that is owned by a local council and that people can rent at a low cost.
  • councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
  • councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
  • counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
  • countenancing — appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
  • counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
  • counter image — the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.
  • counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
  • counter staff — people who work behind the counter of a bank, post office, etc
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counter-argue — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
  • counter-order — an order which revokes a previous order
  • counter-power — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
  • counter-trend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
  • counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
  • counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
  • counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
  • counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
  • counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
  • counterbidder — a person or organization that makes a bid in opposition to another bid
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
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