13-letter words containing o, n, c, e, t
- contextualist — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
- contextuality — (uncountable) The condition of being contextual.
- contextualize — to state the social, grammatical, or other context of; put into context
- continentally — of or of the nature of a continent.
- contingencies — dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness: Nothing was left to contingency.
- continuatives — Plural form of continuative.
- continuedness — the state of being continued
- contortionate — tortuous; contortive
- contour sheet — a bed sheet designed to fit snugly over a mattress or the like, often having elastic material to hold down the corners.
- contracepting — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- contraception — Contraception refers to methods of preventing pregnancy.
- contraceptive — A contraceptive method or device is a method or a device which a woman uses to prevent herself from becoming pregnant.
- contradictive — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- contrafactive — Denoting a verb that assigns to its object (normally a clausal object) the status of not being true, e.g., pretend and wish.
- contragestion — a form of contraception that can be used after fertilization of the ovum, preventing gestation
- contragestive — able to prevent gestation
- contralateral — relating to or denoting the opposite side of a body, structure, etc
- contrarieties — Plural form of contrariety.
- contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- contraterrene — not terrestrial
- contravention — an act of contravening; action counter to something; violation or opposition.
- contraversial — Misspelling of controversial.
- contraversion — A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
- contre-partie — (in buhlwork) an inlay composed of a design in tortoise shell on a background of brass.
- contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contribute to — to have a share in bringing about (a result); be partly responsible for
- control freak — If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in.
- control panel — the part of a machine or piece of equipment that houses the controls
- control tower — A control tower is a building at an airport from which instructions are given to aircraft when they are taking off or landing. You can also refer to the people who work in a control tower as the control tower.
- controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- controversary — (obsolete) controversial.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- controversies — Plural form of controversy.
- controversion — (chiefly, archaic) controversy.
- controverting — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- controvertist — a controversialist
- convalescents — Plural form of convalescent.
- conventionary — (of a form of tenure) fixed by convention as opposed to custom
- conventioneer — Conventioneers are people who are attending a convention.
- conventionist — a conventioneer
- conversations — Plural form of conversation.
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- conveyor belt — A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously-moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
- cooling tower — A cooling tower is a very large, round, high building which is used to cool water from factories or power stations.
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- copper-fasten — to make (a bargain or agreement) binding
- copy negative — master (def 21).
- cordocentesis — the extraction of a sample of blood from the umbilical cord during pregnancy
- core strength — the strength of the underlying muscles of the torso, which help determine posture
- coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class