12-letter words containing ent
- containments — Plural form of containment.
- content farm — a website that exploits the way search engines retrieve and rank pages by incorporating popular search terms and topics in its content, often with little attention to the originality, appropriateness, or quality of the subject matter, in order to elevate the ranking of its articles in online search results and attract advertisers.
- content word — a word to which an independent meaning can be given by reference to a world outside any sentence in which the word may occur
- content-free — (jargon) 1. (By analogy with "context-free") Used of a message that adds nothing to the recipient's knowledge. Though this adjective is sometimes applied to flamage, it more usually connotes derision for communication styles that exalt form over substance or are centred on concerns irrelevant to the subject ostensibly at hand. Perhaps most used with reference to speeches by company presidents and other professional manipulators. See also four-colour glossies. (education) 2. Within British schools the term refers to general-purpose software such as a word processor, a spreadsheet or a program that tests spelling of words supplied by the teacher. This is in contrast to software designed to teach a particular topic, e.g. a plant growth simulation, an interactive periodic table or a program that tests spelling of a predetermined list of words. Content-free software can be more cost-effective as it can be reused for many lessons throughout the syllabus.
- contentation — satisfaction
- contentional — a struggling together in opposition; strife.
- contentments — Plural form of contentment.
- continentals — Plural form of continental.
- contingently — dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather.
- contrivement — contrivance
- convalescent — Convalescent means relating to convalescence.
- conveniently — suitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose; well-suited with respect to facility or ease in use; favorable, easy, or comfortable for use.
- convent girl — a girl who goes to or has been to a convent school
- conventicler — One who supports or frequents conventicles.
- conventicles — Plural form of conventicle.
- conventional — Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
- conventioner — a conventioneer.
- convergently — characterized by convergence; tending to come together; merging.
- convincement — The act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction.
- corespondent — a person charged with having committed adultery with the wife or husband from whom a divorce is being sought
- counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts
- county agent — a government employee who gives advice on agriculture in a rural area
- craft centre — a large shop that sells craftwork
- crassamentum — a blood clot
- credentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- credit entry — an accounting entry showing income or capital assets
- cross potent — a cross with equal arms, each of which ends in a bar
- crosscurrent — a current in a river or sea flowing across another current
- cunctipotent — (obsolete) almighty; all-powerful.
- current cost — The current cost of assets is their current value, or what it would cost to replace them at this time.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- cyclopentane — a colourless insoluble cycloalkane found in petroleum and used mainly as a solvent. Formula: C5H10
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- data segment — (memory) The range of memory locations where the initialised data of a program produced by a Unix linker is located. Executable code is located in the code segment and uninitialised data in the bss segment.
- deafferented — Simple past tense and past participle of deafferent.
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralize — To decentralize government or a large organization means to move some departments away from the main administrative area, or to give more power to local departments.
- decentration — The removal of something from a centre.
- decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- defragmented — Simple past tense and past participle of defragment.
- defragmenter — (computing) That which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation.
- deidentified — Simple past tense and past participle of deidentify.
- delinquently — failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.
- deliquescent — the act or process of deliquescing.
- dementedness — The quality of being demented.
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
- denouncement — to condemn or censure openly or publicly: to denounce a politician as morally corrupt.