15-letter words containing n, o, i, e
- counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- counterinstance — an instance that refutes a theory
- counterirritant — an agent that causes a superficial irritation of the skin and thereby relieves inflammation of deep structures
- countermarching — Present participle of countermarch.
- counterpetition — a formal request for legal action submitted to a court by a respondent who has received a petition
- counterplotting — Present participle of counterplot.
- counterpointing — Present participle of counterpoint.
- counterpunching — Present participle of counterpunch.
- counterquestion — a question which acts as a reply to another question
- counterreaction — a reaction against an initial action
- counterrotating — (of two corresponding or similar moving parts) rotating in opposite directions: counterrotating propellers.
- countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- counterviolence — the retaliatory use of violence
- counterweighted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweight.
- counting number — natural number
- country kitchen — a large kitchen with ample areas for food preparation and eating.
- county palatine — the lands of a count palatine
- courting couple — a pair of lovers
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- covering letter — A covering letter is a letter that you send with a parcel or with another letter in order to provide extra information.
- cpu info center — (processor) An old website at the University of California at Berkeley describing many different computers and their performance.
- crashworthiness — the ability of a vehicle structure to withstand a crash
- creditor nation — a nation that owes less to foreign and international bodies than they owe to it
- cricopharyngeal — of, relating to, or involving the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx.
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
- criminal record — a list of a person's criminal convictions
- crimson rosella — an Australian parrot, Platycercus elegans, often kept as a cage bird
- critical region — that part of a statistical distribution in which the probability of a given hypothesis is less than the chosen significance level, so that the hypothesis would be rejected
- crohn's disease — inflammation, thickening, and ulceration of any of various parts of the intestine, esp the ileum
- croque-monsieur — a sandwich filled with ham and cheese, either dipped in egg batter or buttered on the outside, and toasted or grilled
- cross-ownership — ownership of two or more similar or related businesses, as communications media, especially in the same locality: to forbid cross-ownership of newspapers and TV or radio stations in the same city.
- cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- cryoanaesthesia — Alternative spelling of cryoanesthesia.
- cryoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with the application of low-temperature behavior, especially superconductivity, to electronic devices.
- curl one's hair — to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cyanide process — a process for recovering gold and silver from ores by treatment with a weak solution of sodium cyanide
- cyanoethylation — the act of introducing a cyano-ethyl group into a compound
- cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
- cyclobenzaprine — A particular antidepressant generally prescribed as an analgesic and muscle relaxant.
- cyclohexylamine — a highly toxic and hazardous organic chemical derived from cyclohexane
- cycloneolignane — (organic chemistry) Any neolignane having an additional ring.
- cyclopentadiene — a colourless liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon obtained in the cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons and the distillation of coal tar: used in the manufacture of plastics and insecticides. Formula: C5H6
- cytogenetically — (medicine, biology) By means or in terms of cytogenetics, the genetics of the cell.
- czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
- daguerreotyping — Present participle of daguerreotype.
- data collection — the process of gathering information or data