14-letter words that end in n
- concretisation — Alternative spelling of concretization.
- concretization — to make concrete, real, or particular; give tangible or definite form to: to concretize abstractions.
- conduplication — (of a leaf in the bud) folded lengthwise with the upper face of the blade within.
- confidence man — A confidence man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
- conglobulation — the act of conglobing
- conglomeration — A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together.
- conglutination — glued together; adhering.
- congratulation — the act of congratulating
- congressperson — A Congressperson is a member of the US Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
- conjoined twin — Conjoined twins are twins who are born with their bodies joined.
- contemperation — the act of contempering
- contemporanean — contemporary
- contesseration — the act of forging a friendship or union
- contraposition — the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
- control column — a lever or pillar, usually fitted with a handwheel, used to control the movements of an aircraft
- conversion van — a van for utility use that has been customized with a luxury interior
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
- corticotrophin — (hormone) adrenocorticotropic hormone.
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- cottage garden — an informal style of garden which has beds planted with a great variety of traditional flowers
- council of ten — the governing council of Venice from 1310 until its overthrow in 1797, composed originally of 10 and later 17 members.
- countable noun — A countable noun is the same as a count noun.
- country cousin — If you refer to someone as a country cousin, you think that they are unsophisticated because they come from the country.
- court-bouillon — a stock made from root vegetables, water, and wine or vinegar, used primarily for poaching fish
- cracker bonbon — a thin, crisp biscuit.
- crash and burn — to fail; be unsuccessful
- crenshaw melon — a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
- crepe marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- cro-magnon man — an early type of modern man, Homo sapiens, who lived in Europe during late Palaeolithic times, having tall stature, long head, and a relatively large cranial capacity
- cross reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
- cross relation — the simultaneous or successive occurrence of a note and its chromatic alteration, as C and C57395, in different voices; false relation
- cross-question — If you cross-question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something.
- cross-reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
- cryoextraction — the surgical removal of a cataract with a cryoprobe.
- crystalisation — Alternative spelling of crystallization.
- customer's man — registered representative.
- cutting garden — a household flower garden planted solely for growing flowers that are to be cut and displayed indoors.
- cyanocobalamin — a complex red crystalline compound, containing cyanide and cobalt and occurring in liver: lack of it in the tissues leads to pernicious anaemia. Formula: C63H88O14N14PCo
- cytoprotection — (biology) The process by which various compounds protect cells from damage.
- dano-norwegian — Bokmål.
- darby and joan — an ideal elderly married couple living in domestic harmony
- de-designation — an act of designating.
- decaffeination — The removal of caffeine.
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decimalization — Alternative spelling of decimalisation.
- decivilization — those people or nations that have reached such a state.
- decolonisation — Alternative spelling of decolonization.
- decolonization — Decolonization means giving political independence to a country that was previously a colony.
- decolorization — decolor.