14-letter words containing n, o, c, t
- conglutinating — Present participle of conglutinate.
- conglutination — glued together; adhering.
- 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.
- congregational — of or relating to a congregation
- coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
- coniston water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria: scene of the establishment of world water speed records by Sir Malcolm Campbell (1939) and his son Donald Campbell (1959). Length: 8 km (5 miles)
- conjoined twin — Conjoined twins are twins who are born with their bodies joined.
- conjugate axis — the axis of a hyperbola perpendicular to the transverse axis at a point equidistant from the foci.
- conjunctivitis — Conjunctivitis is an eye infection which causes the thin skin that covers the eye to become red.
- connaturalness — connaturality
- connectability — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- connectibility — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- connecting rod — a rod or bar for transmitting motion, esp one that connects a rotating part to a reciprocating part
- connectionless — (computing) Without the use of a constant connection; sending and receiving data arbitrarily as needed, usually with less reliability than if a connection were held open.
- conniption fit — Often, conniptions. Informal. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger.
- conniption-fit — Often, conniptions. Informal. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger.
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- conscriptional — of or relating to conscription
- consent decree — a negotiated agreement of the parties to a lawsuit which resolves the disputed issues and is sanctioned by the court; often, specif., such an agreement by which the defendant agrees to cease an activity or practice asserted by the government to be illegal
- consequentness — The state or quality of being consequent.
- conservational — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
- conservatively — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- conservativism — Alternative form of conservatism.
- conservatorial — of or relating to a conservator or conservators
- conservatories — Plural form of conservatory.
- considerations — Plural form of consideration.
- consociational — relating to consociation
- consolidations — Plural form of consolidation.
- conspirational — of or relating to conspiration
- conspiratorial — If someone does something such as speak or smile in a conspiratorial way, they do it in a way that suggests they are sharing a secret with someone.
- conspiratorily — In a conspiratory manner.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
- constantine ii — official title Constantine XIII. born 1940, king of Greece (1964–73): went into exile when the army seized power in 1967. He was officially deposed in 1973 and Greece became a republic
- constantine xi — 1404–53, last Byzantine emperor (1448–53): killed when Constantinople was captured by the Turks
- constantinople — Istanbul
- constellations — Plural form of constellation.
- consternations — a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay.
- constituencies — Plural form of constituency.
- constitutional — Constitutional means relating to the constitution of a particular country or organization.
- constitutively — In a constitutive manner.
- constraintlisp — (language) An object-oriented constraint language based on CSP. An extension of Common Lisp and CLOS.
- constructional — the act or art of constructing.
- constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- constructivism — a movement in abstract art evolved in Russia after World War I, primarily by Naum Gabo, which explored the use of movement and machine-age materials in sculpture and had considerable influence on modern art and architecture
- constructivist — Fine Arts. a nonrepresentational style of art developed by a group of Russian artists principally in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by a severely formal organization of mass, volume, and space, and by the employment of modern industrial materials. Compare suprematism.
- consubstantial — (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect