14-letter words containing i, n, t, e, r
- constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- container dock — a dock designed for cargo containers
- container line — a haulier or carrier that uses containers
- container port — a port that is adapted or built for the use of cargo containers
- container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
- containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
- containerizing — Present participle of containerize.
- contemperation — the act of contempering
- contemporaries — 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.
- contemporarily — 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.
- contemporising — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
- contesseration — the act of forging a friendship or union
- contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
- contract price — a price for goods or services named in a contract
- contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
- contraindicate — to advise against or indicate the possible danger of (a drug, treatment, etc)
- contrapositive — placed opposite or against
- contravariance — (computer science) The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator.
- contraventions — Plural form of contravention.
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- controvertible — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.
- conventioneers — Plural form of conventioneer.
- conventiongoer — A person attending a convention.
- conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
- converted rice — white rice prepared from brown rice that has been pressure-steamed to enable the nutrients within the bran to be absorbed by the starchy endosperm before the rice is dried and milled.
- convertibility — The quality of being convertible.
- cookie monster — (recreation) (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward. See also wabbit.
- cooperationist — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- coopered joint — a joint made between pieces in a polygonal or curved construction, using either splines or dowels.
- coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- coreligionists — Plural form of coreligionist.
- cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- corner cabinet — a cabinet, usually triangular in design so as to fit into a corner of a room.
- corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
- corticosterone — a glucocorticoid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex. Formula: C21H30O4
- cotton stainer — any of various heteropterous insects of the genus Dysdercus: serious pests of cotton, piercing and staining the cotton bolls: family Pyrrhocoridae
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
- counterfeiting — the making of fraudulent copies; forgery
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade