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18-letter words containing l, o, r, e, n

  • cleopatra's needle — either of two Egyptian obelisks, originally set up at Heliopolis about 1500 bc: one was moved to the Thames Embankment, London, in 1878, the other to Central Park, New York, in 1880
  • clew down (or up) — to lower (or raise) a sail by means of clew lines
  • clobbering machine — pressure to conform with accepted standards
  • closed corporation — a corporation the stock of which is owned by a small number of persons and is rarely traded on the open market
  • closure conversion — (theory)   The transformation of continuation passing style code so that the only free variables of functions are names of other functions. See also Lambda lifting.
  • collection charges — the charges levied to cover expenses for the collection of debt
  • collision coverage — Collision coverage is insurance cover for vehicle accidents.
  • collision diameter — the distance between the centers of two colliding molecules when at their closest point of approach.
  • color transparency — a positive color image photographically produced on transparent film or glass and viewed by transmitted light, usually by projection.
  • colour commentator — a sports celebrity who works as part of a commentary team
  • compartmentalizing — Present participle of compartmentalize.
  • complementarianism — The doctrine that genders in a society should have complementary roles.
  • complementary base — either of the nucleotide bases linked by a hydrogen bond on opposite strands of DNA or double-stranded RNA: guanine is the complementary base of cytosine, and adenine is the complementary base of thymine in DNA and of uracil in RNA.
  • complementary gene — one of a pair of genes, each from different loci, that together are required for the expression of a certain characteristic
  • compliance officer — a specialist, usually a lawyer, employed by a financial group operating in a variety of fields and for multiple clients to ensure that no conflict of interest arises and that all obligations and regulations are complied with
  • comprehensibleness — The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.
  • computer telephony — Computer Telephone Integration
  • concentration cell — a galvanic cell consisting of two electrodes of the same metal each in different concentrations of a solution of the same salt of that metal.
  • conceptual realism — the doctrine that universals have real and independent existence.
  • concrete universal — a principle that necessarily has universal import but is also concrete by virtue of its arising in historical situations.
  • condensation trail — contrail.
  • conditioned reflex — a reflex in which the response (e.g., secretion of saliva in a dog) is occasioned by a secondary stimulus (e.g., the ringing of a bell) repeatedly associated with the primary stimulus (e.g., the sight of meat)
  • congregationalists — a form of Protestant church government in which each local religious society is independent and self-governing.
  • considered harmful — (programming, humour)   A type of phrase based on the title of Edsger W. Dijkstra's famous note in the March 1968 Communications of the ACM, "Goto Statement Considered Harmful", which fired the first salvo in the structured programming wars. Amusingly, the ACM considered the resulting acrimony sufficiently harmful that it will (by policy) no longer print articles taking so assertive a position against a coding practice. In the ensuing decades, a large number of both serious papers and parodies bore titles of the form "X considered Y". The structured-programming wars eventually blew over with the realisation that both sides were wrong, but use of such titles has remained as a persistent minor in-joke.
  • consolato del mare — a code of maritime law compiled in the Middle Ages: it drew upon ancient law and has influenced modern law.
  • container terminal — a transport terminal that handles containerized cargo
  • continental margin — the offshore zone, consisting of the continental shelf, slope, and rise, that separates the dry-land portion of a continent from the deep ocean floor.
  • control experiment — an experiment designed to check or correct the results of another experiment by removing the variable or variables operating in that other experiment. The comparison obtained is an indication or measurement of the effect of the variables concerned
  • controllable-pitch — (of a marine or aircraft propeller) having blades whose pitch can be changed during navigation or flight; variable-pitch.
  • controlled-release — A controlled-release drug or preparation is released into the body in specified amounts over a specified period of time.
  • conversation class — a class in which one learns to speak a foreign language
  • conversationalists — Plural form of conversationalist.
  • cooling degree-day — a degree-day above the standard temperature of 75°F (24°C), used in estimating the energy requirements for air conditioning and refrigeration.
  • cooling-off period — A cooling-off period is an agreed period of time during which two sides with opposing views try to resolve a dispute before taking any serious action.
  • cordillera central — a mountain range in Colombia: part of the Andes. Highest peak, Huila, 18,700 feet (5700 meters).
  • cordless telephone — a portable battery-powered telephone with a short-range radio link to a fixed base unit
  • cornell university — (body, education)   A US Ivy League University founded in 1868 by businessman Ezra Cornell and respected scholar Andrew Dickson White. Cornell includes thirteen colleges and schools. On the Ithaca campus are the seven undergraduate units and four graduate and professional units. The Medical College and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences are in New York City. Cornell has 13,300 undergraduates and 6,200 graduate and professional students. See also Concurrent ML, Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University Programming Language, CU-SeeMe, ISIS.
  • couldn't care less — If you say that you couldn't care less about someone or something, you are emphasizing that you are not interested in them or worried about them. In American English, you can also say that you could care less, with the same meaning.
  • counseling service — an advice service
  • counter-revolution — A counter-revolution is a revolution that is intended to reverse the effects of a previous revolution.
  • counterculturalism — The counterculture movement or lifestyle.
  • counterculturalist — the culture and lifestyle of those people, especially among the young, who reject or oppose the dominant values and behavior of society.
  • countercyclicality — The quality of being countercyclical.
  • counterintuitively — In a manner contrary to intuition or common sense.
  • counterrevolutions — Plural form of counterrevolution.
  • cranial osteopathy — osteopathy that focuses on the cranium and the spine
  • crocodile-infested — full of crocodiles
  • crown-jewel option — an option given by a company subjected to an unwelcome takeover bid to a friendly firm, allowing this firm to buy one or more of its best businesses if the bid succeeds
  • crude oil fraction — A crude oil fraction is a component of crude oil, which has its own particular molecular composition, weight, and boiling point.
  • crystal microphone — a microphone that uses a piezoelectric crystal to convert sound energy into electrical energy
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