12-letter words containing t, a, c, o, n
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- countervalue — An equivalent or equal, especially in military strategy.
- counterwoman — A woman who serves at a counter.
- country lane — a narrow country road, often bordered by hedges
- country park — an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant
- country road — a road in the country
- country seat — A country seat is a large house with land in the country which is owned by someone who also owns a house in a town.
- countrywoman — A countrywoman is a woman who lives in the country rather than in a city or a town.
- county agent — a government employee who gives advice on agriculture in a rural area
- county board — the governing body of a U.S. county consisting usually of three or more elected members.
- court action — a legal action
- craftsperson — an artisan
- craniologist — the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
- craniometric — the science of measuring skulls, chiefly to determine their characteristic relationship to sex, body type, or genetic population.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- craniotomies — Plural form of craniotomy.
- crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
- creationists — Plural form of creationist.
- cremationist — a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.
- crenellation — to furnish with crenels or battlements.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- creolization — (of a pidgin language) the process of becoming a creole
- criminations — Plural form of crimination.
- croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
- cross-action — an action brought within the same lawsuit by one defendant against another defendant or against the plaintiff.
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- cross-garnet — a hinge with a long horizontal strap fixed to the face of a door and a short vertical leaf fixed to the door frame
- crown antler — the topmost prong of a stag's antler.
- crown estate — the property owned by the British Crown; state-owned property
- crown octavo — a size of book, about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: crown 8vo.
- crown quarto — a size of book, about 7½ × 10 inches (19 × 25 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: crown 4to.
- cryoplankton — minute organisms, esp algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- currant loaf — a loaf-shaped fruit cake containing currants
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- cutinization — a process in which the outermost plant cells become thickened and covered with cutin, making them waterproof
- cyanogenetic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cyclopentane — a colourless insoluble cycloalkane found in petroleum and used mainly as a solvent. Formula: C5H10
- cytoanalyzer — an electronic optical device for screening smears of cells suspected of being malignant.
- cytochalasin — any of a group of metabolites derived from fungus that interfere with cell processes
- cytomembrane — a membrane around a cell that encloses cytoplasm and acts as a semi-permeable barrier
- cytotaxonomy — classification of organisms based on cell structure, esp the number, shape, etc, of the chromosomes
- dactinomycin — a cytotoxic polypeptide, C 62 H 86 N 12 O 16 , isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces parvullus, used in the treatment of certain cancers.
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law