14-letter words containing n, o, t, i, c
- class conflict — conflict between different social or economic classes
- classification — A classification is a division or category in a system which divides things into groups or types.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
- close position — an arrangement of a chord that has the three upper voices close together
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- co-conspirator — a fellow conspirator; associate or collaborator in a conspiracy.
- co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- coarticulation — concomitance of articulation, as in fro, ostensibly a succession of three discrete sounds but physically a single articulation (f-) blending into a coarticulation (-fr-), which blends into an articulation (-r-), which blends into a coarticulation (-ro-), which blends into an articulation (-o).
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- coasting wagon — a toy wagon for children, often used for coasting down hills.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cocktail onion — a small pickled onion served with drinks
- coconspirators — Plural form of coconspirator.
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- cognoscibility — capable of being known.
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
- collecting box — a box for the temporary storage of examples or specimens
- collecting tin — a tin for donations of money for charity or another particular purpose
- collection box — A collection box is a box or tin that is used to collect money for charity.
- collectiveness — The state or quality of being collective.
- collectivizing — Present participle of collectivize.
- colour printer — a printer that prints in colour on paper
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- come down with — If you come down with an illness, you get it.
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- comma position — angulation (def 3).
- comma-position — an angular part, position, or formation.
- commandantship — the office of a commandant
- commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
- commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
- commitment fee — a charge made by a bank, in addition to interest, to make a loan available to a potential borrower
- committeewoman — a female member of a committee
- committeewomen — Plural form of committeewoman.
- commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
- communications — the ways in which human beings communicate
- communitarians — Plural form of communitarian.
- community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
- community care — help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions
- community home — a home provided by a local authority for children who cannot remain with parents or relatives, or be placed with foster parents
- community life — the life and activities of a community
- companion star — companion1 (def 6).