14-letter words containing cont
- non-continuous — uninterrupted in time; without cessation: continuous coughing during the concert.
- non-contraband — anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.
- noncontractual — relating to obligations not expressed in a contract
- noncontrastive — not contrastive.
- noncontrolling — (of an interest) relating to a type of investment in a company in which the investor has no control over that company
- opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
- out of context — If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
- out of control — wild, unrestrained
- overcontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- price controls — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- protocontinent — an actual or hypothetical landmass that might later be enlarged into a major continent or broken up into smaller ones.
- quasi contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- quasi-contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- remote control — control of the operation or performance of an apparatus from a distance, as the control of a guided missile by radio signals.
- ripple control — the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-contented — contented with what one is or has
- social control — Sociology. the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure.
- subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
- uncontaminated — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- uncontemporary — outmoded
- uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- uncontrollable — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- uncontrollably — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- uncontrolledly — in an uncontrolled manner
- uncontroverted — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- under contract — If you are under contract to someone, you have signed a contract agreeing to work for them, and for no-one else, during a fixed period of time.
- vena contracta — any of the locations in a jet of fluid emerging from an orifice where the cross section of the jet is at a minimum, especially the location of minimum cross section nearest the orifice.
- volume control — switch used to adjust level of sound