16-letter words containing t, o, n, l, e, s
- catch oneself on — to realize that one's actions are mistaken
- category listing — A category listing is a list of different product categories such as menswear, womenswear, and childrenswear.
- chattel personal — an item of movable personal property, such as furniture, domestic animals, etc
- chemoluminescent — (chemistry) Exhibiting chemoluminescence.
- citronella grass — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- civilian clothes — not military uniform
- cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
- close by/at hand — Something that is close by or close at hand is near to you.
- closed community — a plant community that does not allow for further colonization, all the available niches being occupied
- closed-captioned — (of a video recording) having subtitles which appear on screen only if the cassette is played through a special decoder
- closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
- cochineal cactus — a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect.
- cochineal insect — a Mexican homopterous insect, Dactylopius coccus, that feeds on cacti
- collectivisation — Alternative spelling of collectivization.
- colonial heights — a town in central Virginia.
- color television — tv set showing images in colour
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- compartmentalise — to divide into categories or compartments.
- complex sentence — a sentence containing at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
- complicitousness — (rare, possibly nonstandard) Complicity.
- compliments slip — a slip of paper sent with a parcel that identifies the sender and expresses compliments
- conciliatoriness — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- conditional sale — a sale in which the title of a property remains with the seller until some condition is met, as the payment of the full purchase price.
- confidentialness — The state or quality of being confidential.
- congressionalist — of or relating to a congress.
- consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
- consequentialism — the doctrine that an action is right or wrong according as its consequences are good or bad
- consequentialist — the theory that human actions derive their moral worth solely from their outcomes or consequences.
- consequentiality — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- conservation law — any law stating that some quantity or property remains constant during and after an interaction or process, as conservation of charge or conservation of linear momentum.
- constant lambert — Constant [kon-stuh nt] /ˈkɒn stənt/ (Show IPA), 1905–51, English composer and conductor.
- contemptibleness — The state or quality of being contemptible.
- content analysis — analysis to determine the meaning, purpose, or effect of any type of communication, as literature, newspapers, or broadcasts, by studying and evaluating the details, innuendoes, and implications of the content, recurrent themes, etc.
- continental rise — the gently sloping transition between the continental slope and the deep ocean floor, usually characterized by coalescence of submarine alluvial fans.
- controllableness — The state of being controllable; the capability of being controlled.
- controversialism — The attitude or tendency to engage in controversy.
- controversialist — a person who takes part in controversy or likes to do so
- controversiality — The quality or state of being controversial.
- controversialize — (transitive) To make to appear controversial.
- contumeliousness — The state or quality of being contumelious.
- conventionalised — to make conventional.
- conventionalists — Plural form of conventionalist.
- conventionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conventionalize.
- conversationally — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
- conversion table — a diagram which shows equivalent amounts in different measuring systems
- convertible lens — a lens containing two or more elements that can be used individually or in combination to provide a variety of focal lengths.
- coromandel coast — the SE coast of India, along the Bay of Bengal, extending from Point Calimere to the mouth of the Krishna River
- coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
- cost-efficiently — cost-effective.
- council of state — a council that deliberates on high-level policies of a government.