16-letter words containing o, n, e, u
- command language — the language used to access a computer system
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- commensurateness — The state or quality of being commensurate.
- commission house — a brokerage firm that buys and sells for customers on a commission basis
- communicableness — The state or quality of being communicable.
- 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 leader — a leading figure in a community
- community worker — someone who works for the benefit of a community, esp for a social service agency
- commutation-test — the act of substituting one thing for another; substitution; exchange.
- companion volume — a book that complements another on a related subject, usually by the same author
- company of jesus — former name of the Society of Jesus.
- complex pendulum — a complex structure mounted so that it can swing freely under the influence of gravity
- complicitousness — (rare, possibly nonstandard) Complicity.
- composite number — a positive integer that can be factorized into two or more other positive integers
- computer network — network
- computer science — the study of computers and their application
- concurrent clean — (language) An alternative name for Clean 1.0.
- confused elderly — old and no longer having mental abilities sufficient for independent living
- congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
- conical pendulum — a clock pendulum oscillating in a circle rather than in a straight line.
- consanguineously — In a consanguineous fashion; by blood relationship.
- consent judgment — a judgment settled and agreed to by the parties to the action. Compare consent decree (def 2).
- consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
- consequentialism — the doctrine that an action is right or wrong according as its consequences are good or bad
- consequentialist — the theory that human actions derive their moral worth solely from their outcomes or consequences.
- consequentiality — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- conspicuity tape — a highly reflective strip or tape used on a vehicle, clothing, etc., to make it more visible in low light.
- constructed type — (types) A type formed by applying some type constructor function to one or more other types. The usual constructions are functions: t1 -> t2, products: (t1, t2), sums: t1 + t2 and lifting: lift(t1). (In LaTeX, the lifted type is written with a subscript \perp). See also algebraic data type, primitive type.
- constructiveness — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- consubstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of consubstantiate.
- consumer durable — Consumer durables are goods which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- 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.
- consumption weed — groundsel tree.
- contemptuousness — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
- content curation — the selection, organization, and presentation of (usually) online material, either manually or by a computer program
- contingency fund — a sum of money allocated for use in an emergency or to cover unforeseen expenses
- continuous hinge — a long narrow hinge that runs the full length of the two surfaces to which its leaves are joined.
- continuous miner — continuous cutter.
- continuous waves — radio waves generated as a continuous train of oscillations having a constant frequency and amplitude
- contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
- contour interval — the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map
- control language — (language) (CL) The batch language for IBM RPG/38, used in conjunction with RPG III. See also OCL.
- contumaciousness — The property of being contumacious.
- contumeliousness — The state or quality of being contumelious.
- 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.
- cornhusker state — Nebraska (used as a nickname).
- coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].