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14-letter words containing t, o, r, e

  • container port — a port that is adapted or built for the use of cargo containers
  • container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
  • containerboard — a form of paperboard, either corrugated or solid, that is used to make containers
  • containerizing — Present participle of containerize.
  • contemperation — the act of contempering
  • contemperature — the action of mixing together harmoniously or proportionately
  • contemporanean — contemporary
  • contemporaries — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
  • contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
  • contemporising — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
  • conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
  • contesseration — the act of forging a friendship or union
  • contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
  • contract price — a price for goods or services named in a contract
  • contractedness — the state of being shortened
  • contradictable — Capable of being contradicted.
  • contraindicate — to advise against or indicate the possible danger of (a drug, treatment, etc)
  • contrapositive — placed opposite or against
  • contravariance — (computer science) The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator.
  • contraventions — Plural form of contravention.
  • control center — an administrative or operational center for a group of related activities: the control center for the new military offensive.
  • 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.
  • copper pyrites — chalcopyrite
  • copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • corporate park — office park.
  • corporate rate — A corporate rate is the amount of money a hotel charges guests who are staying there because they are traveling for business reasons. It is usually less than the normal amount.
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
  • correctability — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
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