15-letter words containing t, n
- climb indicator — an instrument that shows the rate of ascent or descent of an aircraft, operating on a differential pressure principle.
- closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
- closed position — (in ballet, modern dance, and jazz dance) any position in which the feet touch each other.
- closed sentence — a formula that contains no free occurrence of any variable
- clotting factor — any one of a group of substances, including factor VIII, the presence of which in the blood is essential for blood clotting to occur
- cloud computing — Cloud computing is a model of computer use in which services that are available on the Internet are provided to users on a temporary basis.
- coaling station — a port at which vessels can take on coal
- coast mountains — a mountain range in Canada, on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Waddington, 4043 m (13 266 ft)
- cocktail lounge — A cocktail lounge is a room in a hotel, restaurant, or club where you can buy alcoholic drinks.
- coconut matting — a form of coarse matting made from the fibrous husk of the coconut
- code management — source code management
- code of conduct — The code of conduct for a group or organization is an agreement on rules of behaviour for the members of that group or organization.
- codetermination — joint participation of management and employees or employees' trade union representatives in some decisions
- coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
- coffee whitener — a milk substitute to put in coffee
- cognitive radio — a radio that can automatically alter frequency, power, modulation, etc, according to where it is located
- coinstantaneity — the act of taking place at exactly the same moment
- coinstantaneous — taking place at exactly the same moment
- coleman lantern — a gasoline lantern that gives a bright light, used by campers
- collecting bank — a bank that collects money from the account of the writer of a cheque on behalf of the person who has deposited the cheque into the bank
- collective noun — A collective noun is a noun such as 'family' or 'team' that refers to a group of people or things.
- college station — a city in E central Texas.
- college student — a student at a university or college
- collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
- colonialization — the act of bringing into subjection or subjugation by colonializing.
- colonizationist — a person who is in favour of colonization
- colour contrast — the change in the appearance of a colour surrounded by another colour; for example, grey looks bluish if surrounded by yellow
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- colourpoint cat — a cat with increased pigmentation of cooler points of the body, such as ears, feet, tail, nose, and scrotum (in males)
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
- combustibleness — The state or quality of being combustible.
- combustion tube — a tube of heat-resistant glass, silica, or ceramic, in which a substance can be reduced, as in a combustion furnace
- come out on top — If a person, organization, or country comes out on top, they are more successful than the others that they have been competing with.
- come to no good — to come to a bad end; end in failure, trouble, etc.
- come to nothing — plan, idea: fail
- come to oneself — to recover one's senses
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
- comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- coming bet ween — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- committeeperson — a member of a committee.
- commodification — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- commoditization — The transformation of something into a commodity.
- common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
- common entrance — (in Britain) an entrance examination for a public school, usually taken at the age of 13
- common fraction — a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both whole numbers
- common multiple — an integer or polynomial that is a multiple of each integer or polynomial in a group