13-letter words containing io
- contravention — an act of contravening; action counter to something; violation or opposition.
- contraversion — A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
- contributions — Plural form of contribution.
- contristation — the act of contristing
- controversion — (chiefly, archaic) controversy.
- convalidation — In Roman Catholic canon law, the making of a putative marriage valid following the removal of some impediment.
- conventionary — (of a form of tenure) fixed by convention as opposed to custom
- conventioneer — Conventioneers are people who are attending a convention.
- conventionist — a conventioneer
- conversations — Plural form of conversation.
- conversazione — a social gathering for discussion of the arts, literature, etc
- convocational — Of or pertaining to a convocation.
- convulsionary — of or affected with convulsion.
- convulsionist — a person who believes that major geological changes were caused by intense convulsions
- coordinations — the act or state of coordinating or of being coordinated.
- coreligionist — an adherent of the same religion as another
- cornification — the process of producing a horn or horny substance
- corporational — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
- corporisation — The forming into one body; embodiment.
- correlational — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
- corroboration — the act of corroborating.
- corruptionist — a person who engages in or upholds corrupt practices, esp. in public life
- costimulation — Alternative spelling of co-stimulation.
- counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- countermotion — an opposing motion
- cover version — A cover version of a song is a version of it recorded by a singer or band who did not originally perform the song.
- covert action — a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
- cranioscopist — a practitioner of cranioscopy
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- crop rotation — the system of growing a sequence of different crops on the same ground so as to maintain or increase its fertility
- cross-section — If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical or representative of all of them.
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- cryobiologist — A biologist who specializes in cryobiology.
- current ratio — A current ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities.
- cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- customisation — Alternative spelling of customization.
- customization — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- customs union — an association of nations which promotes free trade within the union and establishes common tariffs on trade with nonmember nations
- cycloaddition — a type of pericyclic chemical reaction
- cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
- dactyliomancy — the use of a suspended finger-ring for divination
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- damnification — That which causes damage or loss.
- dandification — The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.
- dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
- de-annexation — the act or an instance of annexing, or adding to something larger, especially the incorporation of new territory into the domain of a city, country, or state.
- de-excitation — to cause (an atom) to fall from an excited energy level to a lower energy level.
- de-motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- deaccessioned — Simple past tense and past participle of deaccession.