17-letter words containing es
- chinese artichoke — a hairy plant, Stachys affinis, of China and Japan, having numerous small, white, edible tubers.
- chinese evergreen — a tropical Asian plant, Aglaonema modestum, of the arum family, often grown indoors, in water or soil, for its glossy green foliage.
- chinese turkestan — the E part of the central Asian region of Turkestan: corresponds generally to the present-day Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China
- chinese vermilion — pimento (def 3).
- choanoflagellates — Plural form of choanoflagellate.
- cholecystectomies — Plural form of cholecystectomy.
- chord progression — movement from chord to chord
- christmas present — a present given at Christmas time, typically on Christmas Day
- circumterrestrial — surrounding or revolving about the earth.
- classical chinese — a written form of Chinese used from about the 5th century b.c. to 220 a.d.
- classless society — a society in which class distinctions are negligible or absent
- clear box testing — white box testing
- close parenthesis — right parenthesis
- coastguard vessel — a ship used by the coastguard
- cocktail waitress — a woman who serves in a bar or cocktail lounge
- cohesionless soil — any free-running type of soil, such as sand or gravel, whose strength depends on friction between particles
- coitus reservatus — the deliberate delaying or avoidance of orgasm during intercourse
- collaborativeness — Quality of being collaborative.
- college professor — a lecturer or researcher who works in a college
- collodion process — wet plate process.
- combine harvester — A combine harvester is a large machine which is used on farms to cut, sort, and clean grain.
- communicativeness — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- companionableness — The state or quality of being companionable.
- compartmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compartmentalize.
- compassionateness — The state or quality of being compassionate.
- complementariness — forming a complement; completing.
- complementarities — Plural form of complementarity.
- complimentariness — The state or quality of being complimentary.
- compound interest — Compound interest is interest that is calculated both on an original sum of money and on interest which has previously been added to the sum. Compare simple interest.
- comprehensiveness — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
- compressed speech — speech reproduced on tape at a faster rate than originally spoken, but without loss of intelligibility, by being filtered through a mechanism that deletes very small segments of the original signal at random intervals.
- compression ratio — the ratio of the volume enclosed by the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine at the beginning of the compression stroke to the volume enclosed at the end of it
- concertmistresses — Plural form of concertmistress.
- concessive clause — A concessive clause is a subordinate clause which refers to a situation that contrasts with the one described in the main clause. For example, in the sentence 'Although he was tired, he couldn't get to sleep', the first clause is a concessive clause.
- condescendingness — The state or quality of being condescending.
- congestion charge — Congestion charges refer to money motorists must pay in order to drive in some city centres. Congestion charges are intended to reduce traffic within those areas.
- connecticut chest — a chest made in Connecticut in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, having three front panels of which the center panel has a conventional sunflower design in low relief and the end panels have tulip designs.
- conscientiousness — The state or characteristic of being conscientious.
- consequentialness — The quality or state of being consequential.
- consumer research — business: investigation of behaviors
- contemplativeness — The state or quality of being contemplative.
- contradictoriness — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
- contrasuggestible — responding or tending to respond to a suggestion by doing or believing the opposite
- controversialness — The state or quality of being controversial.
- conventionalities — Plural form of conventionality.
- coronary arteries — either of two arteries that originate in the aorta and supply the heart muscle with blood.
- correspondentship — The role or status of correspondent.
- counter-espionage — Counter-espionage is the same as counter-intelligence.
- counterchallenges — Plural form of counterchallenge.
- counteroffensives — Plural form of counteroffensive.