14-letter words containing n, s
- continentalism — an attitude, expression, etc., characteristic of a continent, especially of Europe.
- contortionists — Plural form of contortionist.
- contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
- contrabassoons — Plural form of contrabassoon.
- contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
- contractedness — the state of being shortened
- contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
- contradictions — the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
- contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
- contradistinct — Distinguished by opposite qualities.
- contraposition — the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
- contrapositive — placed opposite or against
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- contraventions — Plural form of contravention.
- control survey — an accurate survey of a region forming a basis for more detailed surveys.
- control system — a system that senses, switches, or regulates another system
- controlledness — The degree to which something is controlled.
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
- contumeliously — insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
- convent school — A convent school is a school where many of the teachers are nuns.
- conventioneers — Plural form of conventioneer.
- conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
- conversion van — a van for utility use that has been customized with a luxury interior
- convincingness — The state or quality of being convincing.
- convocationist — a person who supports either of the synods of the provinces of Canterbury or York
- convolutedness — twisted; coiled.
- convulsiveness — The state or quality of being convulsive.
- cookie monster — (recreation) (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward. See also wabbit.
- coolheadedness — The state or characteristic of being coolheaded.
- cooling system — a system which cools something such as a building or engine
- cooperationist — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
- copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- copy and paste — to copy (information in a computer document) and put it somewhere else in the document
- coquettishness — The state or quality of being coquettish.
- coreligionists — Plural form of coreligionist.
- cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
- coronary sinus — a large venous channel in the heart wall that receives blood via the coronary veins and empties into the right atrium.
- coroner's jury — a jury called to give a decision by a coroner's inquest
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
- correspondence — Correspondence is the act of writing letters to someone.
- correspondency — correspondence
- correspondents — Plural form of correspondent.
- corroborations — Plural form of corroboration.
- corticosterone — a glucocorticoid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex. Formula: C21H30O4
- cosi fan tutte — a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.