15-letter words containing n, u, e, a, t, o
- beat oneself up — to reproach oneself
- beat the bounds — (formerly) to define the boundaries of a parish by making a procession around them and hitting the ground with rods
- bernoulli trial — one of a sequence of independent experiments each of which has the same probability of success, such as successive throws of a die, the outcome of which is described by a binomial distribution
- branchiostegous — branchiostegal.
- bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
- button mangrove — a tropical tree, Conocarpus erectus, having small, reddish, conelike fruits and bark used in tanning.
- cannot help but — to be unable to do anything else except
- cartesian doubt — willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.
- cause of action — the facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law
- centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
- cocktail lounge — A cocktail lounge is a room in a hotel, restaurant, or club where you can buy alcoholic drinks.
- coinstantaneous — taking place at exactly the same moment
- collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
- communion table — (in a Christian church) the table at which people take communion
- compound magnet — a magnet consisting of two or more separate magnets placed together with like poles pointing in the same direction.
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- computerization — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
- consentaneously — In a consentaneous manner.
- consequentially — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- construct state — (in Semitic languages) the inflected form of a noun dependent on a following noun, with the combination expressing a genitive relationship, as Hebrew beth David “house of David,” where beth “house of” is the construct form of bayit “house.”.
- consubstantiate — (of the Eucharistic bread and wine and Christ's body and blood) to undergo consubstantiation
- consumer market — the market of consumers for a particular good or service
- contemporaneous — If two events or situations are contemporaneous, they happen or exist during the same period of time.
- contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contextualizing — Present participle of contextualize.
- continuous wave — an electromagnetic wave, esp. a radio wave, with a constant amplitude and frequency
- contour feather — any of the feathers that cover the body of an adult bird, apart from the wings and tail, and determine its shape
- contrariousness — The state or quality of being contrarious.
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
- conventual mass — the Mass celebrated daily in a convent church for all members of the conventual community.
- corrugated iron — a thin structural sheet made of iron or steel, formed with alternating ridges and troughs
- corynebacterium — any of various bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, including various animal and plant pathogens and animal parasites
- cottage country — any lakeside region where many country cottages are located
- cottage pudding — plain cake covered with a sweet sauce
- counter-measure — A counter-measure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
- counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
- counterargument — A counterargument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
- counterattacked — Simple past tense and past participle of counterattack.
- counterattacker — a person who counter-attacks