16-letter words containing o, c, u, r, i, n
- collision course — If two or more people or things are on a collision course, there is likely to be a sudden and violent disagreement between them.
- combination drug — a medication comprised of set dosages of two or more separate drugs.
- combined honours — (in British education) a degree course that includes more than one subject
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- communitarianism — A theory or system of social organization based on small self-governing communities.
- community center — A community center is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
- community centre — A community centre is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
- community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
- community church — an independent or denominational church in a particular community.
- community leader — a leading figure in a community
- community spirit — willingness and desire to participate in activities that promote a community
- community worker — someone who works for the benefit of a community, esp for a social service agency
- composite number — a positive integer that can be factorized into two or more other positive integers
- computer science — the study of computers and their application
- configurationism — Gestalt psychology
- congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
- constructability — Alternative form of constructibility.
- constructibility — The condition of being constructible.
- constructionally — In a constructional manner.
- constructionists — Plural form of constructionist.
- constructiveness — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- consulting hours — the hours during which health practitioners are available for consultation
- consumer society — You can use consumer society to refer to a society where people think that spending money on goods and services is very important.
- content curation — the selection, organization, and presentation of (usually) online material, either manually or by a computer program
- continuous miner — continuous cutter.
- contour interval — the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map
- conus arteriosus — the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
- corona australis — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere between Ara and Pavo
- coronary cushion — a thick band of vascular tissue in the coronet of horses and other hoofed animals that secretes the horny wall of the hoof.
- coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
- correction fluid — a fluid, usually white, that can be painted over a mistake in writing or typing so that the correct form can be written or typed on top
- costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
- cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
- council of trent — the council of the Roman Catholic Church that met between 1545 and 1563 at Trent in S Tyrol. Reacting against the Protestants, it reaffirmed traditional Catholic beliefs and formulated the ideals of the Counter-Reformation
- counter-checking — a check that opposes or restrains.
- counter-instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- counter-petition — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- counter-reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- counter-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- counterattacking — Present participle of counterattack.
- counterbalancing — Present participle of counterbalance.
- counterclockwise — If something is moving counterclockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
- counterculturist — Counterculturalist.
- counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.
- counterevidences — Plural form of counterevidence.
- counterguerrilla — (of operations, conflicts, etc) conducted against guerrillas
- counterinsurgent — of or relating to counterinsurgency
- counterintuition — intuition that is counter to common-sense expectation.
- counterintuitive — (of an idea, proposal, etc) seemingly contrary to common sense