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14-letter words containing r, i, a, t

  • contemperation — the act of contempering
  • contemporaries — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
  • contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
  • contesseration — the act of forging a friendship or union
  • contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
  • contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
  • contract price — a price for goods or services named in a contract
  • contractionary — involving or constituting economic contraction
  • contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
  • contracyclical — (of a policy) stabilizing the economy through countering major fluctuations, such as recessions or booms
  • contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
  • contradictions — the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
  • contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
  • contradistinct — Distinguished by opposite qualities.
  • contraindicate — to advise against or indicate the possible danger of (a drug, treatment, etc)
  • contraposition — the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
  • contrapositive — placed opposite or against
  • contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
  • contravariance — (computer science) The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator.
  • contraventions — Plural form of contravention.
  • contributional — the act of contributing.
  • conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
  • cooperationist — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
  • coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
  • corner cabinet — a cabinet, usually triangular in design so as to fit into a corner of a room.
  • corona radiata — the layer of follicle cells surrounding an ovum and remaining attached to it following ovulation.
  • corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
  • 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.
  • corroborations — Plural form of corroboration.
  • corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
  • cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
  • cotton stainer — any of various heteropterous insects of the genus Dysdercus: serious pests of cotton, piercing and staining the cotton bolls: family Pyrrhocoridae
  • counter-gambit — a countermove
  • counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
  • counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
  • 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
  • courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
  • court circular — (in countries having a monarchy) a daily report of the activities, engagements, etc, of the sovereign, published in a national newspaper
  • court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
  • courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
  • crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
  • cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
  • creatureliness — creatural.
  • credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
  • credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
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