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14-letter words containing o, r, a, e

  • coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • cost the earth — to be very expensive
  • costovertebral — (anatomy) Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra.
  • cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
  • 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
  • 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.
  • countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
  • countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • 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
  • countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
  • countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
  • countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
  • countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
  • counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
  • counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
  • countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
  • coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
  • courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
  • courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
  • courtesy coach — a free coach
  • cover your ass — Cover your ass means the same as cover your , back2.
  • covered market — an indoor market
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • coxsackievirus — any of a group of enteroviruses that cause several diseases, as viral meningitis
  • cracker bonbon — a thin, crisp biscuit.
  • craniocerebral — relating to both the cranium and the cerebrum
  • crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
  • cream-coloured — cream in colour
  • credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
  • creme de cacao — a sweet liqueur with a chocolate flavour
  • crenshaw melon — a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
  • crepe marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
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