14-letter words containing en
- cell reference — (spreadsheet) A string identifying a particular cell in a spreadsheet, possibly relative to the cell containing the reference. A cell reference may be absolute (denoted by a "$" prefix in Excel) or relative (no prefix) in each dimension, thus, e.g. B$6 refers to the second cell across in the sixth row. The distinction between absolute and relative is only significant when the referring cell is copied, e.g. if cell A1, which refers to B$6, is copied to cell B1, then B1 will refer to C6. If the reference is to a cell in a different sheet then it is prefixed with the target sheet's name and an exclamation mark. E.g. "Sheet 1!B3".
- censoriousness — The state of being censorious.
- censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
- centenarianism — the situation or condition of being a centenarian
- center fielder — the player whose position is center field.
- center forward — A center forward in a team sport such as soccer or hockey is the player or position in the middle of the front row of attacking players.
- center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
- central europe — an area between Eastern and Western Europe, generally accepted as comprising Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland
- central moment — a moment about the center of a distribution, usually the mean.
- central office — (communications) The place where telephone companies terminate customer lines and locate switching equipment to interconnect those lines with other networks.
- central powers — (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
- central region — a former local government region in central Scotland, formed in 1975 from Clackmannanshire, most of Stirlingshire, and parts of Perthshire, West Lothian, Fife, and Kinross-shire; in 1996 it was replaced by the council areas of Stirling, Clackmannanshire, and Falkirk
- central sulcus — a deep cleft in each hemisphere of the brain separating the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
- central valley — the chief wine-producing region of California, centered in San Joaquin County.
- centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
- centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
- centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
- centre-forward — A centre-forward in a team sport such as football or hockey is the player or position in the middle of the front row of attacking players.
- centrifugalize — to subject (something) to centrifugal motion
- centrifugation — a being subjected to centrifugal action, esp. in a centrifuge
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- centrolecithal — (of animal eggs) having a centrally located yolk
- Československo — Czechoslovakia
- chancel screen — a screen separating the chancel from the main body of a church
- changeableness — The condition of being changeable.
- charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
- chemical agent — an agent that produces chemical reactions
- chenille plant — an East Indian plant, Acalypha hispida, of the spurge family, having long, drooping, reddish-purple spikes of flowers.
- cheyenne river — a river flowing NE from E Wyoming to the Missouri River in South Dakota. About 500 miles (800 km) long.
- chicken breast — pigeon breast
- chicken fillet — a fillet cut from a chicken
- chicken ladder — an inclined plank with transverse cleats.
- chicken little — a person who spreads baseless or exaggerated reports of danger; alarmist
- chicken switch — a device by which an astronaut may eject the capsule in which he or she rides in the event that a rocket malfunctions.
- chicken turtle — an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace.
- chickenhearted — timid; fearful; cowardly.
- chief engineer — the senior engineer on board a ship
- children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
- chloroethylene — vinyl chloride.
- chondrogenesis — the growth of cartilage
- christocentric — having as the theological focal point the teachings and practices of Jesus Christ.
- chronosequence — (geology) A sequence of different soils formed at different times.
- circumbendibus — a circumlocution
- circumferences — Plural form of circumference.
- circumferentor — an instrument that measures the circumference of a tyre
- circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
- citizens' band — Citizens' Band is a range of radio frequencies which the general public is allowed to use to send messages to each other and is used especially by truck drivers in their vehicles. The abbreviation CB is often used.
- civil engineer — A civil engineer is a person who plans, designs, and constructs roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings.