15-letter words containing n, i, t, r, o
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- computer vision — a robot analogue of human vision in which information about the environment is received by one or more video cameras and processed by computer: used in navigation by robots, in the control of automated production lines, etc.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- computerization — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- conception rate — the success rate of artificial insemination in agricultural animals, usually expressed as a percentage
- concert pianist — a person who earns a living from giving solo performances on the piano in front of audiences
- concertmistress — the first violinist in an orchestra
- 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.
- conductiometric — conductometric
- confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
- confectioneries — Plural form of confectionery.
- configurability — The property of being configurable.
- configurational — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
- confrontational — If you describe the way that someone behaves as confrontational, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are aggressive and likely to cause an argument or dispute.
- congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
- conjuring trick — A conjuring trick is a trick in which something is made to appear or disappear as if by magic.
- conscriptionist — a person who is in favour of conscription
- 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
- constructionism — an educational theory holding that children learn most effectively when actively doing, or constructing, things, rather than being taught information in a traditional schooling method
- constructionist — a person who interprets constitutional law in a certain way, esp strictly
- constructivists — Plural form of constructivist.
- consulting room — A doctor's or therapist's consulting room is the room in which they see their patients.
- 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 strike — a boycott of a product by consumers, often in protest over a raise in its price.
- contact printer — an apparatus used for making contact prints, having a frame for holding printing paper and negatives together and a light source for making an exposure.
- container class — (programming) A class whose instances are collections of other objects. Examples include arrays, lists, queues and stacks. A container class typically provides methods such as count, insert, delete and search.
- contemporaneity — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
- continuity girl — a woman or man whose job is to ensure continuity and consistency, esp in matters of dress, make-up, etc, in successive shots of a film, esp when these shots are filmed on different days
- continuous-form — of or relating to paper, blank forms, checks, etc., supplied in a folded stack or roll to a device, as a computer printer, generally with perforations between sheets for later separation and often with detachable punched edges used to advance the sheets through the device.
- contour curtain — a curtain having lines attached to several points for drawing up into folds of various shapes.
- contraclockwise — Counterclockwise.
- contract bridge — the most common variety of bridge, in which the declarer receives points counting towards game and rubber only for tricks he bids as well as makes, any overtricks receiving bonus points
- contract killer — a person hired to commit a murder
- contractability — (of a body or substance) the ability to become smaller, narrower, shorter, etc
- contractibility — contractability
- contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- contradictorily — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
- contraindicated — not advisable because of contraindications
- contrapositives — (logic) Plural form of contrapositive.
- contrariousness — The state or quality of being contrarious.
- contrary motion — melodic motion in which one part rises in pitch while the other descends.
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- contravallation — fortifications built by besiegers around the place besieged