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16-letter words containing n, r, i

  • circumambulation — The act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
  • circumlocutional — Of or relating to circumlocution : circumlocutionary.
  • circumnavigating — Present participle of circumnavigate.
  • circumnavigation — to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
  • circumnavigatory — Pertaining to circumnavigation.
  • circumscriptions — Plural form of circumscription.
  • circumstantially — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
  • circumstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumstantiate.
  • circumstantiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumstantiate.
  • citizen's arrest — If someone makes a citizen's arrest, they catch someone who they believe has committed a crime and inform the police.
  • citronella grass — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
  • city of aberdeen — a council area in NE Scotland, established in 1996. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 186 sq km (72 sq miles)
  • civic university — (in Britain) a university originally instituted as a higher education college serving a particular city
  • clackmannanshire — a council area and historical county of central Scotland; became part of the Central region in 1975 but reinstated as an independent unitary authority in 1996; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Alloa. Pop: 47 680 (2003 est). Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)
  • cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
  • clearsightedness — The property of being clearsighted.
  • cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
  • closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
  • co-determination — a system of industrial management in which workers share responsibility for the operation of a company, as through elected representation on a corporate supervisory board
  • coadministration — Joint administration.
  • cochlear implant — a device that stimulates the acoustic nerve in the inner ear in order to produce some form of hearing in people who are deaf from inner ear disease
  • collaborationism — The act of collaborating, especially with an enemy.
  • collaborationist — A collaborationist government or individual is one that helps or gives support to the enemy during the war.
  • collision course — If two or more people or things are on a collision course, there is likely to be a sudden and violent disagreement between them.
  • color television — tv set showing images in colour
  • colorado springs — a city and resort in central Colorado. Pop: 370 448 (2003 est)
  • combination door — an outside door having a frame into which different types of panels can be inserted, as a screen for summer or storm sash for winter.
  • combination drug — a medication comprised of set dosages of two or more separate drugs.
  • combination room — (at Cambridge University) a common room
  • combined honours — (in British education) a degree course that includes more than one subject
  • come from behind — sport: win from a disadvantaged position
  • come/bring alive — If a story or description comes alive, it becomes interesting, lively, or realistic. If someone or something brings it alive, they make it seem more interesting, lively, or realistic.
  • commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
  • commissionership — The role or office of commissioner.
  • common logarithm — a logarithm to the base ten. Usually written log or log10
  • common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
  • communitarianism — A theory or system of social organization based on small self-governing communities.
  • community center — A community center is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
  • community centre — A community centre is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
  • community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
  • community church — an independent or denominational church in a particular community.
  • community leader — a leading figure in a community
  • community spirit — willingness and desire to participate in activities that promote a community
  • community worker — someone who works for the benefit of a community, esp for a social service agency
  • companion ladder — a ladder that allows sailors to move up and down between the decks of the ship
  • compartmentalise — to divide into categories or compartments.
  • compartmentalize — To compartmentalize something means to divide it into separate sections.
  • compartmentation — subdivision of a hull into spaces enclosed by watertight bulkheads and sometimes by watertight decks.
  • complex fraction — a fraction in which the numerator or denominator or both contain fractions
  • composite number — a positive integer that can be factorized into two or more other positive integers
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