14-letter words containing n, a, t, u, r
- congratulating — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulation — the act of congratulating
- congratulatory — A congratulatory message expresses congratulations.
- connaturalness — connaturality
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
- constructional — the act or art of constructing.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- consular agent — a consul of one of the lower grades
- contact number — a person's telephone number
- contemperature — the action of mixing together harmoniously or proportionately
- contra account — A contra account is an account with a balance that is the opposite of the normal balance of a related account.
- 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.
- contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
- contrapuntally — of or relating to counterpoint.
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- contributional — the act of contributing.
- coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
- corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- counter-attack — If you counter-attack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- counter-demand — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
- counterassault — a counterattack
- counterattacks — Plural form of counterattack; Alternative spelling of counter-attacks.
- counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
- counterchanged — Exchanged.
- countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
- countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
- countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
- counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
- countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
- countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- 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.
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
- creatureliness — creatural.