14-letter words containing r, n, t
- 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
- contrapuntally — of or relating to counterpoint.
- 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.
- contributorily — In a contributory manner.
- control center — an administrative or operational center for a group of related activities: the control center for the new military offensive.
- control column — a lever or pillar, usually fitted with a handwheel, used to control the movements of an aircraft
- control rocket — a small rocket engine used to make corrections in the flight path of spacecraft or missiles.
- control survey — an accurate survey of a region forming a basis for more detailed surveys.
- control system — a system that senses, switches, or regulates another system
- controlledness — The degree to which something is controlled.
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- controvertible — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.
- conventioneers — Plural form of conventioneer.
- conventiongoer — A person attending a convention.
- conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
- converted rice — white rice prepared from brown rice that has been pressure-steamed to enable the nutrients within the bran to be absorbed by the starchy endosperm before the rice is dried and milled.
- convertibility — The quality of being convertible.
- cookie monster — (recreation) (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward. See also wabbit.
- cooperationist — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- coopered joint — a joint made between pieces in a polygonal or curved construction, using either splines or dowels.
- coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
- copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- coreligionists — Plural form of coreligionist.
- cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- 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.
- 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
- correspondents — Plural form of correspondent.
- corroborations — Plural form of corroboration.
- corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
- corticosterone — a glucocorticoid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex. Formula: C21H30O4
- corticotrophin — (hormone) adrenocorticotropic hormone.
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- 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 jumper — a sales assistant in a shop
- counter-attack — If you counter-attack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- counter-boulle — contre-partie.
- counter-demand — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.