14-letter words containing r, u, n, i
- 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.
- contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- contributional — the act of contributing.
- contributorily — In a contributory manner.
- corazon aquino — Corazon C [kawr-uh-zon,, kor-] /ˈkɔr əˌzɒn,, ˈkɒr-/ (Show IPA), 1933–2009, Philippine political leader: president 1986–92.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- coronary sinus — a large venous channel in the heart wall that receives blood via the coronary veins and empties into the right atrium.
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
- 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
- council of war — A council of war is a meeting that is held in order to decide how a particular threat or emergency should be dealt with.
- councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
- counterfeiting — the making of fraudulent copies; forgery
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- 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
- countersigning — Present participle of countersign.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- 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.
- counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- country cousin — If you refer to someone as a country cousin, you think that they are unsophisticated because they come from the country.
- country singer — a singer of country and western music
- county cricket — (in Britain) cricket played between county teams competing in the county cricket championship
- coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- court-bouillon — a stock made from root vegetables, water, and wine or vinegar, used primarily for poaching fish
- courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
- creatureliness — creatural.
- credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
- creeping jesus — an obsequious or servile person
- crimen injuria — an action that injures the dignity of another person, esp use of racially offensive language
- criminal court — A criminal court is a law court that deals with criminal offences.
- cross-question — If you cross-question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
- cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
- cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
- cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
- cubic zirconia — a synthetic crystalline compound of zirconium oxide, fashioned to resemble diamonds, etc.
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children