14-letter words containing t, o, u, r
- conductor loss — Conductor loss is loss occurring in a conductor due to the flow of current.
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- conglomerateur — a person who forms or leads a business conglomerate
- congratulating — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulation — the act of congratulating
- congratulatory — A congratulatory message expresses congratulations.
- connaturalness — connaturality
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
- constructional — the act or art of constructing.
- constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- constructivism — a movement in abstract art evolved in Russia after World War I, primarily by Naum Gabo, which explored the use of movement and machine-age materials in sculpture and had considerable influence on modern art and architecture
- constructivist — Fine Arts. a nonrepresentational style of art developed by a group of Russian artists principally in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by a severely formal organization of mass, volume, and space, and by the employment of modern industrial materials. Compare suprematism.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- consular agent — a consul of one of the lower grades
- contact number — a person's telephone number
- contemperature — the action of mixing together harmoniously or proportionately
- conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
- contour flying — the technique of flying at a constant altitude of less than 22.8 metres (75 feet) above the ground.
- contra account — A contra account is an account with a balance that is the opposite of the normal balance of a related account.
- 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
- contrapuntally — of or relating to counterpoint.
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- contributional — the act of contributing.
- contributorily — In a contributory manner.
- control column — a lever or pillar, usually fitted with a handwheel, used to control the movements of an aircraft
- control survey — an accurate survey of a region forming a basis for more detailed surveys.
- copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
- coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
- corpus christi — a festival in honour of the Eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- corruptibility — that can or might be corrupted.
- corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- counter jumper — a sales assistant in a shop
- counter-attack — If you counter-attack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- counter-boulle — contre-partie.
- counter-demand — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counter-thrust — to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
- counter-worker — work or action to oppose some other work or action.
- counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
- counterassault — a counterattack
- counterattacks — Plural form of counterattack; Alternative spelling of counter-attacks.
- counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.