16-letter words containing o, u, t, c
- circumlocutorily — In a circumlocutory manner.
- circumnavigation — to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
- circumnavigatory — Pertaining to circumnavigation.
- circumscriptions — Plural form of circumscription.
- circumsporozoite — (biology, of a protein) Located on the surface of a sporozoite (and involved in host cell recognition and invasion); abbreviated as CS.
- cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
- cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
- cloistered vault — a vault having the form of a number of intersecting coves.
- clootie dumpling — a boiled suet pudding containing dried fruits
- closed community — a plant community that does not allow for further colonization, all the available niches being occupied
- closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
- cochineal cactus — a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect.
- cocktail sausage — a small sausage served with drinks
- cogito, ergo sum — I think, therefore I am; the basis of Descartes' philosophy
- collective fruit — multiple fruit
- college graduate — a student who has recently graduated from college
- colles' fracture — a fracture of the radius just above the wrist, with backward and outward displacement of the hand
- colorado plateau — a plateau in the SW United States, in N Arizona, NW New Mexico, S Utah, and SW Colorado: location of the Grand Canyon.
- columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- column extractor — A column extractor is a tall vessel in which one liquid removes something from another liquid using physical contact.
- combination drug — a medication comprised of set dosages of two or more separate drugs.
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- commensurateness — The state or quality of being commensurate.
- communitarianism — A theory or system of social organization based on small self-governing communities.
- community action — campaigns undertaken by the people living in a particular place
- 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 school — a school offering some nonacademic activities related to life in a particular community and often serving as a community centre
- 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
- commutation-test — the act of substituting one thing for another; substitution; exchange.
- commutator group — the subgroup of a given group, which consists of all the commutators in the group.
- complicitousness — (rare, possibly nonstandard) Complicity.
- composite number — a positive integer that can be factorized into two or more other positive integers
- compute parallel — (language) (Compel) The first single-assignment language.
- computer network — network
- computer program — a set of instructions for a computer to perform some task
- computer science — the study of computers and their application
- computer studies — a course of study devoted to using and programming computers
- concurrent clean — (language) An alternative name for Clean 1.0.
- condominium unit — an apartment in a condominium building
- configurationism — Gestalt psychology
- congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
- 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.