14-letter words containing o, l, e, c
- control system — a system that senses, switches, or regulates another system
- controlledness — The degree to which something is controlled.
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- controvertible — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.
- contumeliously — insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
- convent school — A convent school is a school where many of the teachers are nuns.
- conventionally — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
- convertibility — The quality of being convertible.
- convolutedness — twisted; coiled.
- convulsiveness — The state or quality of being convulsive.
- coolheadedness — The state or characteristic of being coolheaded.
- cooling system — a system which cools something such as a building or engine
- copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
- copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
- coquilhatville — former name of Mbandaka.
- coreligionists — Plural form of coreligionist.
- coriolis force — a fictitious force used to explain a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the earth when observed from the earth. The deflection (Coriolis effect) is due to the earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole
- corneal reflex — Physiology. the closing of the eyelids induced by touching the cornea lightly.
- cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- 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.
- coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- 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.
- corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
- cosmeceuticals — Plural form of cosmeceutical.
- cosmetological — the art or profession of applying cosmetics.
- cosmetologists — Plural form of cosmetologist.
- costovertebral — (anatomy) Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra.
- cotton flannel — a plain-weave or twill-weave fabric with nap on one side only
- cotton thistle — Scotch thistle.
- cottonseed oil — a yellowish or dark red oil with a nutlike smell, extracted or expelled from cottonseed, used in cooking and in the manufacture of paints, soaps, etc
- council estate — a housing development built by a local council
- council of ten — the governing council of Venice from 1310 until its overthrow in 1797, composed originally of 10 and later 17 members.
- council tenant — a tenant who rents a council house or council flat
- councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.
- count palatine — originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
- countable noun — A countable noun is the same as a count noun.
- counter-boulle — contre-partie.
- counterassault — a counterattack
- counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- counterculture — Counterculture is a set of values, ideas, and ways of behaving that are completely different from those of the rest of society.
- counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
- counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
- counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- country people — people who live in the country
- coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.