14-letter words containing o, c, a, r
- contradistinct — Distinguished by opposite qualities.
- contraindicate — to advise against or indicate the possible danger of (a drug, treatment, etc)
- contraposition — the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
- contrapositive — placed opposite or against
- contrapuntally — of or relating to counterpoint.
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- contravariance — (computer science) The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator.
- contraventions — Plural form of contravention.
- contributional — the act of contributing.
- 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
- 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.
- copper cyanide — a creamy-white, highly poisonous, water-insoluble powder, CuCN, used chiefly in electroplating and in organic synthesis.
- copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
- copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
- corazon aquino — Corazon C [kawr-uh-zon,, kor-] /ˈkɔr əˌzɒn,, ˈkɒr-/ (Show IPA), 1933–2009, Philippine political leader: president 1986–92.
- corneal reflex — Physiology. the closing of the eyelids induced by touching the cornea lightly.
- corner cabinet — a cabinet, usually triangular in design so as to fit into a corner of a room.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- corona radiata — the layer of follicle cells surrounding an ovum and remaining attached to it following ovulation.
- 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.
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- corporate park — office park.
- corporate rate — A corporate rate is the amount of money a hotel charges guests who are staying there because they are traveling for business reasons. It is usually less than the normal amount.
- corporatocracy — Rule by corporations.
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
- corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- correctability — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
- corroborations — Plural form of corroboration.
- corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cost the earth — to be very expensive
- costovertebral — (anatomy) Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra.
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- cottage garden — an informal style of garden which has beds planted with a great variety of traditional flowers
- cotton stainer — any of various heteropterous insects of the genus Dysdercus: serious pests of cotton, piercing and staining the cotton bolls: family Pyrrhocoridae
- council of war — A council of war is a meeting that is held in order to decide how a particular threat or emergency should be dealt with.
- counter-attack — If you counter-attack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- counter-demand — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
- counterassault — a counterattack
- counterattacks — Plural form of counterattack; Alternative spelling of counter-attacks.
- counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
- counterchanged — Exchanged.
- countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.