14-letter words containing ent
- circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
- clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
- clairsentience — The ability for a person to acquire psychic knowledge by means of feeling.
- cleft sentence — a sentence in which a simpler sentence is paraphrased by being divided into two parts, each with its own verb, in order to emphasize certain information, especially a sentence beginning with expletive it and a form of be followed by the information being emphasized, as It was a mushroom that Alice ate instead of Alice ate a mushroom.
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- co-respondents — men's two-coloured shoes, usually black and white or brown and white
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
- commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
- commitment fee — a charge made by a bank, in addition to interest, to make a loan available to a potential borrower
- complementizer — a word or morpheme that serves to introduce a complement clause or a reduced form of such a clause, as that in I wish that he would leave
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
- concentratedly — with intense mental application
- concentrations — Plural form of concentration.
- concentrically — having a common center, as circles or spheres.
- concupiscently — In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence.
- concurrent clu — (language) A programming language extending CLU for concurrent processes, developed by by Hamilton in 1984.
- confidentially — Confidentially is used to say that what you are telling someone is a secret and should not be discussed with anyone else.
- consent decree — a negotiated agreement of the parties to a lawsuit which resolves the disputed issues and is sanctioned by the court; often, specif., such an agreement by which the defendant agrees to cease an activity or practice asserted by the government to be illegal
- consequentness — The state or quality of being consequent.
- consular agent — a consul of one of the lower grades
- contact cement — an adhesive that sets when the surfaces it is applied to are brought in contact with each other
- continentalism — an attitude, expression, etc., characteristic of a continent, especially of Europe.
- continentality — the degree to which the climate of a region typifies that of the interior of a large landmass.
- continentalize — to make continental, as in scope or character.
- 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.
- convent school — A convent school is a school where many of the teachers are nuns.
- conventionally — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- conventioneers — Plural form of conventioneer.
- conventiongoer — A person attending a convention.
- correspondents — Plural form of correspondent.
- cost-efficient — cost-effective.
- countercurrent — a current flowing in an opposite direction to another current
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
- culture center — the part of a culture area in which the most distinctive traits of the area are concentrated.
- current assets — Current assets are assets which a company does not use on a continuous basis, such as stocks and debts, but which can be converted into cash within one year.
- current rating — Current rating is the maximum current that a fuse will carry for an indefinite period without too much deterioration of the fuse element.
- current source — A current source is a source that maintains the current at a particular value almost independent of the load conditions.
- cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
- dark continent — Africa, especially before the late 19th cent. when little was known of it
- daycare centre — an establishment offering daycare to preschool children, enabling their parents to work full time or have extended relief if child care is a problem
- dead president — a banknote
- death sentence — A death sentence is a punishment of death given by a judge to someone who has been found guilty of a serious crime such as murder.
- debenture bond — a corporate bond unsecured by any mortgage, dependent on the credit of the issuer.
- debt repayment — the action of repaying debts, or a single payment made to wards paying off a debt
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.