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16-letter words containing e, n, t, r, o, m

  • closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
  • co-determination — a system of industrial management in which workers share responsibility for the operation of a company, as through elected representation on a corporate supervisory board
  • cochlear implant — a device that stimulates the acoustic nerve in the inner ear in order to produce some form of hearing in people who are deaf from inner ear disease
  • column extractor — A column extractor is a tall vessel in which one liquid removes something from another liquid using physical contact.
  • commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
  • commensurateness — The state or quality of being commensurate.
  • common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
  • community center — A community center is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
  • community centre — A community centre is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
  • community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
  • community leader — a leading figure in a community
  • community worker — someone who works for the benefit of a community, esp for a social service agency
  • compartmentalise — to divide into categories or compartments.
  • compartmentalize — To compartmentalize something means to divide it into separate sections.
  • compartmentation — subdivision of a hull into spaces enclosed by watertight bulkheads and sometimes by watertight decks.
  • complex fraction — a fraction in which the numerator or denominator or both contain fractions
  • composite number — a positive integer that can be factorized into two or more other positive integers
  • compromise joint — a joint for linking together rails having different sections.
  • computer network — network
  • computer science — the study of computers and their application
  • concert promoter — an organizer of concerts and concert tours
  • condensed matter — crystalline and amorphous solids and liquids, including liquid crystals, glasses, polymers, and gels
  • confederationism — The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
  • constant lambert — Constant [kon-stuh nt] /ˈkɒn stənt/ (Show IPA), 1905–51, English composer and conductor.
  • consumer society — You can use consumer society to refer to a society where people think that spending money on goods and services is very important.
  • contemporariness — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
  • continental army — the Revolutionary War Army, authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775 and led by George Washington.
  • continuous miner — continuous cutter.
  • controversialism — The attitude or tendency to engage in controversy.
  • copolymerization — a process resembling polymerization, in which unlike molecules unite in alternate or random sequences in a chain
  • coromandel coast — the SE coast of India, along the Bay of Bengal, extending from Point Calimere to the mouth of the Krishna River
  • costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
  • counter-argument — A counter-argument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
  • counterarguments — Plural form of counterargument.
  • countermigration — a migration in the opposite direction.
  • countermovements — Plural form of countermovement.
  • 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.
  • cream of coconut — coconut cream (def 1).
  • cream-of-coconut — Also called cream of coconut. a creamy white liquid skimmed from the top of coconut milk that has been made by soaking grated coconut meat in water, used in East Indian cookery, mixed drinks, etc.
  • 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.
  • creole continuum — a range of language varieties in an area undergoing decreolization showing a continuous gradation from forms more like the underlying creole to those approaching the standard language.
  • crime prevention — official and police policies to prevent crime
  • cromwell current — an equatorial Pacific current, flowing eastward from the Hawaiian Islands to the Galápagos Islands
  • crosscontaminate — Alternative spelling of cross-contaminate.
  • cry for the moon — to desire the unattainable
  • customary tenant — a tenant occupying a property under the customs of the manor, often a low-status tenant with little security of tenure
  • dark of the moon — the period during which the moon is not visible.
  • data compression — the act of compressing.
  • dc potentiometer — A DC potentiometer is a potentiometer in which the supply is a battery and the balance is under direct current conditions.
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