15-letter words containing n, o, c, s, i
- communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
- communistically — In a communistic manner.
- community chest — a fund raised by voluntary contribution for local welfare activities
- company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
- comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
- comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
- comparison-shop — to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise.
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
- compendiousness — The state or quality of being compendious.
- competitiveness — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complementizers — Plural form of complementizer.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- composing stick — a metal holder of adjustable width in which a compositor sets a line of type at a time by hand; now rarely used
- composite print — a photograph characterized by overlapping or juxtaposed images resulting from a multiple exposure or the combining of negatives (composite print)
- compositionally — in a compositional manner
- compotationship — the state of being a compotator or drinking companion
- comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
- comprehensivize — to make (an educational system) comprehensive
- 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.
- comrade in arms — a fellow soldier.
- comrade-in-arms — A comrade-in-arms is someone who has worked for the same cause or purpose as you and has shared the same difficulties and dangers.
- con espressione — (to be performed) with feeling; expressively
- conceivableness — The state or quality of being conceivable.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
- 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.
- 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.