15-letter words containing n, y, o, r
- cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
- calydonian boar — a savage boar sent by Artemis to destroy Calydon, a city in Aetolia, because its king had neglected to sacrifice to her. It was killed by Meleager, the king's son
- canning factory — a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly where food is sealed in cans or tins to preserve it
- carcinogenicity — any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.
- cardiopulmonary — of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs
- carry one's bat — (of an opening batsman) to reach the end of an innings without being dismissed
- centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- cholangiography — radiographic examination of the bile ducts after the introduction into them of a contrast medium
- cholinergically — in a cholinergic manner
- chronologically — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
- cineangiography — the use of motion-picture recording to trace the passage of dye through blood vessels, for the diagnosis of heart and blood vessel disease
- cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
- cineradiography — the filming of motion pictures through a fluoroscope or x-ray machine.
- clock frequency — clock rate
- combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- common currency — If you say that an idea or belief has become common currency, you mean it is widely used and accepted.
- common property — property belonging to all members of a community.
- communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
- company manners — rules of politeness that people, esp children, are supposed to observe in the presence of other people
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- complementarily — In a complementary manner.
- complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
- complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
- comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
- concealed-carry — the practice of carrying a concealed gun or other weapon in public.
- concrete poetry — poetry in which the visual form of the poem is used to convey meaning
- concrete syntax — (language, data) The syntax of a language including all the features visible in the source code such as parentheses and delimiters. The concrete syntax is used when parsing the program or other input, during which it is usually converted into some kind of abstract syntax tree (conforming to an abstract syntax). In communications, concrete syntax is called transfer syntax.
- configurability — The property of being configurable.
- congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
- consideratively — in a considerative manner
- contemporaneity — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
- continuity girl — a woman or man whose job is to ensure continuity and consistency, esp in matters of dress, make-up, etc, in successive shots of a film, esp when these shots are filmed on different days
- contractability — (of a body or substance) the ability to become smaller, narrower, shorter, etc
- contractibility — contractability
- contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- contradictorily — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
- contralaterally — In a contralateral manner.
- contrary motion — melodic motion in which one part rises in pitch while the other descends.
- controllability — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- controversially — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- conveyorization — the process of conveyorizing
- copy protection — a routine that is included in a program by its publisher to prevent the software from being duplicated except for a single backup copy.
- corday d'armont — (Marie Anne) Charlotte [muh-ree an shahr-luh t;; French ma-ree an shar-lawt] /məˈri æn ˈʃɑr lət;; French maˈri an ʃarˈlɔt/ (Show IPA), 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine who assassinated Marat.
- core competency — a skill needed in order to be successful at a job or other activity: Several core competencies have been identified as critical to the success of every student.
- coronary artery — either of two arteries branching from the aorta and supplying blood to the heart
- coronary bypass — the surgical bypass of a narrowed or blocked coronary artery by grafting a section of a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the patient's body
- correspondently — in a correspondent manner