14-letter words containing i, r, a, t, o
- 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.
- contradictions — the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
- contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
- contradistinct — Distinguished by opposite qualities.
- contraindicate — to advise against or indicate the possible danger of (a drug, treatment, etc)
- contraposition — the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
- contrapositive — placed opposite or against
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- contravariance — (computer science) The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator.
- contraventions — Plural form of contravention.
- contributional — the act of contributing.
- conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
- cooperationist — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
- corner cabinet — a cabinet, usually triangular in design so as to fit into a corner of a room.
- corona radiata — the layer of follicle cells surrounding an ovum and remaining attached to it following ovulation.
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- correctability — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
- corroborations — Plural form of corroboration.
- corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- 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.
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- 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
- counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- court circular — (in countries having a monarchy) a daily report of the activities, engagements, etc, of the sovereign, published in a national newspaper
- court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
- courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
- cricoarytenoid — A muscle connecting the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.
- crimean gothic — a form of the Gothic language that survived in the Crimea after the extinction of Gothic elsewhere in Europe, known only from a list of words and phrases recorded in the 16th century.
- criminal court — A criminal court is a law court that deals with criminal offences.
- critical point — the point on a phase diagram that represents the critical state of a substance
- critical ratio — a ratio associated with the probability of a sample, usually the ratio of the deviation from the mean to the standard deviation.
- croagh patrick — a mountain in NW Republic of Ireland, in Mayo: a place of pilgrimage as Saint Patrick is said to have prayed and fasted there. Height: 765 m (2510 ft)
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
- cross relation — the simultaneous or successive occurrence of a note and its chromatic alteration, as C and C57395, in different voices; false relation
- cross trainers — training shoes for doing cross training
- cross training — training in two or more sports to improve performance, esp on one's main sport
- cross-addicted — addicted to two or more substances simultaneously.