14-letter words containing i, c, o, n, l, a
- continentality — the degree to which the climate of a region typifies that of the interior of a large landmass.
- continentalize — to make continental, as in scope or character.
- contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
- contracyclical — (of a policy) stabilizing the economy through countering major fluctuations, such as recessions or booms
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- contributional — the act of contributing.
- contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
- conventionally — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
- corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
- cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
- council estate — a housing development built by a local council
- council of war — A council of war is a meeting that is held in order to decide how a particular threat or emergency should be dealt with.
- council tenant — a tenant who rents a council house or council flat
- count palatine — originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- craniocerebral — relating to both the cranium and the cerebrum
- criminal court — A criminal court is a law court that deals with criminal offences.
- criminological — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- critical point — the point on a phase diagram that represents the critical state of a substance
- cross relation — the simultaneous or successive occurrence of a note and its chromatic alteration, as C and C57395, in different voices; false relation
- cross-national — pertaining to or involving two or more nations.
- crosssectional — Misspelling of cross-sectional.
- crown imperial — a liliaceous garden plant, Fritillaria imperialis, with a cluster of leaves and orange bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
- cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
- cryptovolcanic — of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.
- crystalisation — Alternative spelling of crystallization.
- cyanocobalamin — a complex red crystalline compound, containing cyanide and cobalt and occurring in liver: lack of it in the tissues leads to pernicious anaemia. Formula: C63H88O14N14PCo
- cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
- cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decimalization — Alternative spelling of decimalisation.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decivilization — those people or nations that have reached such a state.
- decolonisation — Alternative spelling of decolonization.
- decolonization — Decolonization means giving political independence to a country that was previously a colony.
- decolorization — decolor.
- deflocculation — to reduce from a flocculent state by dispersing the flocculated particles.
- delayed action — A delayed action mechanism causes a delay on the device it is fitted to, so that it does not work as soon as you switch it on or operate it.
- delayed-action — (of an explosive projectile) exploding some time after hitting the target.
- delocalization — to remove from the proper or usual locality.
- delta function — a generalized function having the value 0 except at 0, the value infinity at 0, and an integral from minus infinity to plus infinity of 1, used in thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.
- despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
- diabolicalness — The state or quality of being diabolical.
- diachronically — in a diachronic fashion