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15-letter words containing n, e, s

  • concertmistress — the first violinist in an orchestra
  • concerto grosso — a composition for an orchestra and a group of soloists, chiefly of the baroque period
  • concession road — (esp in Ontario) one of a series of roads separating concessions in a township
  • concessionaires — a person, group, or company to whom a concession has been granted, especially to operate a subsidiary business or service: a popcorn concessionaire at a baseball park.
  • concrete syntax — (language, data)   The syntax of a language including all the features visible in the source code such as parentheses and delimiters. The concrete syntax is used when parsing the program or other input, during which it is usually converted into some kind of abstract syntax tree (conforming to an abstract syntax). In communications, concrete syntax is called transfer syntax.
  • concurrent lisp — (language)   A concurrent version of Lisp. Sugimoto et al implemented an interpreter on a "large scale computer" and were planning to implement it on multiple microprocessors.
  • concurrent user — one of several simultaneous users of a computing resource such as a computer program or file
  • condescendingly — In a condescending manner.
  • condition codes — a set of single bits that indicate specific conditions within a computer. The values of the condition codes are often determined by the outcome of a prior software operation and their principal use is to govern choices between alternative instruction sequences
  • cone of silence — a space, in the shape of an inverted cone, above a radio beacon, in which there is a sharp reduction in the intensity of transmitted signals.
  • conestoga wagon — a large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th century
  • confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
  • confectioneries — Plural form of confectionery.
  • confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere
  • confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
  • confidence test — (testing)   Tests to confirm that the results of a program lie within certain ranges according to the expected probability distribution.
  • conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
  • confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
  • congealableness — the quality of being congealable
  • congealed salad — a molded gelatin salad containing chopped fruit or vegetables.
  • conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
  • congress-people — congressmember.
  • congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
  • conjoined twins — twin babies born joined together at some point, such as at the hips. Some have lived for many years without being surgically separated
  • conjunctiveness — the quality of being conjunctive
  • connoisseurship — a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art.
  • conscientiously — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
  • consciousnesses — Plural form of consciousness.
  • consecratedness — the state of being consecrated
  • consecutiveness — The state or quality of being consecutive.
  • consentaneously — In a consentaneous manner.
  • consequentially — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
  • conservationism — A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources.
  • conservationist — A conservationist is someone who cares greatly about the conservation of the environment and who works to protect it.
  • conservatorship — the legal status of a person appointed by a court to protect the interests of someone, such as a child, who is unable to manage his or her own affairs
  • considerateness — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
  • consideratively — in a considerative manner
  • conspicuousness — Openness or exposure to the view; a state of being clearly visible.
  • constable glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century, having a heavy foot, a tall body, and a capacity of 1 quart (0.946 liters).
  • constantine vii — known as Porphyrogenitus. 905–59 ad, Byzantine emperor (913–59) and scholar: his writings are an important source for Byzantine history
  • construct state — (in Semitic languages) the inflected form of a noun dependent on a following noun, with the combination expressing a genitive relationship, as Hebrew beth David “house of David,” where beth “house of” is the construct form of bayit “house.”.
  • consubstantiate — (of the Eucharistic bread and wine and Christ's body and blood) to undergo consubstantiation
  • consumer choice — the range of competing products and services from which a consumer can choose
  • consumer credit — Consumer credit is money that is lent to people by organizations such as banks, building societies, and shops so that they can buy things.
  • consumer demand — a measure of consumers' desire for a product or service based on its availability
  • consumer market — the market of consumers for a particular good or service
  • consumer strike — a boycott of a product by consumers, often in protest over a raise in its price.
  • contact address — an address where a person can be contacted
  • contact details — the information required to contact someone, such as an address or telephone number
  • contact process — a catalytic method for producing sulfuric acid from sulfur dioxide and oxygen.
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