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13-letter words containing n, t, e, r

  • contravention — an act of contravening; action counter to something; violation or opposition.
  • contraversial — Misspelling of controversial.
  • contraversion — A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
  • contre-partie — (in buhlwork) an inlay composed of a design in tortoise shell on a background of brass.
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • contribute to — to have a share in bringing about (a result); be partly responsible for
  • control freak — If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in.
  • control panel — the part of a machine or piece of equipment that houses the controls
  • control tower — A control tower is a building at an airport from which instructions are given to aircraft when they are taking off or landing. You can also refer to the people who work in a control tower as the control tower.
  • controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • controversary — (obsolete) controversial.
  • controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
  • controversies — Plural form of controversy.
  • controversion — (chiefly, archaic) controversy.
  • controverting — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
  • controvertist — a controversialist
  • conventionary — (of a form of tenure) fixed by convention as opposed to custom
  • conventioneer — Conventioneers are people who are attending a convention.
  • conversations — Plural form of conversation.
  • convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
  • conveyor belt — A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously-moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
  • cooling tower — A cooling tower is a very large, round, high building which is used to cool water from factories or power stations.
  • copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
  • copper-fasten — to make (a bargain or agreement) binding
  • cordocentesis — the extraction of a sample of blood from the umbilical cord during pregnancy
  • core strength — the strength of the underlying muscles of the torso, which help determine posture
  • coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
  • corel ventura — (text, graphics)   (Previously "Ventura Publisher") The first full-featured desktop publishing program available for the IBM personal computer and compatibles. Ventura Publisher was originally distributed by Ventura, a wholy owned subsiduary of Xerox Corporation but was acquired by Corel Corporation in September 1993.
  • coreligionist — an adherent of the same religion as another
  • coresidential — relating to joint residency
  • corespondents — Plural form of corespondent.
  • corinthianize — to live a promiscuous life
  • cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
  • corporateness — the state of being a corporate body
  • correlational — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
  • correspondent — A correspondent is a newspaper or television journalist, especially one who specializes in a particular type of news.
  • cosignatories — Plural form of cosignatory.
  • costardmonger — a costermonger
  • costermongers — Plural form of costermonger.
  • coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
  • cotes-du-nord — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • cotransporter — (biochemistry) An integral membrane protein that actively transports molecules by using the concentration gradient of one molecule or ion concentration to force the other molecule or ion against its gradient.
  • cotton mather — Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
  • cotton picker — a machine for harvesting cotton fibre
  • counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
  • counter image — the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.
  • counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
  • counter staff — people who work behind the counter of a bank, post office, etc
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counter-argue — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
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