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17-letter words starting with c

  • 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.
  • connecting flight — a flight taken from an airport other than that from which the journey began, and which is taken in a different aeroplane from that used for the previous stage of the journey
  • connection charge — a charge made as soon as a caller is connected to the number dialled and which is additional to any charges calculated based on the duration of the call
  • connective tissue — Connective tissue is the substance in the bodies of animals and people which fills in the spaces between organs and connects muscles and bones.
  • conscience clause — a clause in a law or contract exempting persons with moral scruples
  • conscientiousness — The state or characteristic of being conscientious.
  • conscript fathers — august legislators, esp Roman senators
  • consensus gentium — agreement of the people.
  • consequent stream — a stream the course of which was determined by the original slope of the land.
  • consequentialness — The quality or state of being consequential.
  • conservation area — In Britain, a conservation area is an area where birds and animals are protected.
  • consignment store — a retail store that sells secondhand items on behalf of others and receives a percentage of the sales price.
  • consociationalism — Political consociation; government through guaranteed group representation.
  • consolation prize — A consolation prize is a small prize which is given to a person who fails to win a competition.
  • consolidated fund — a fund into which tax revenue is paid in order to meet standing charges, esp interest payments on the national debt
  • consolidated laws — a body of laws collected together in a single codifying statute
  • consolidation act — an Act of Parliament resulting from the combination of two or more previous Acts of Parliament
  • consonant cluster — a group of consonants without an intervening vowel
  • conspiracy theory — A conspiracy theory is a belief that a group of people are secretly trying to harm someone or achieve something. You usually use this term to suggest that you think this is unlikely.
  • conspiratorialist — a person who believes in or supports a conspiracy theory.
  • constance garnett — Constance Black, 1862–1946, English translator from Russian.
  • constitutionalism — the principles, spirit, or system of government in accord with a constitution, esp a written constitution
  • constitutionalist — an adherent or advocate of constitutionalism or of an existing constitution.
  • constitutionality — In a particular political system, the constitutionality of a law or action is the fact that it is allowed by the constitution.
  • constitutionalize — to provide with a constitution
  • construction loan — the act or fact of taking out.
  • construction site — the piece of land where a building, etc, is to be located
  • consubstantiation — the doctrine that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists within the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
  • consulate general — the office or residence of a consul general
  • consumer advocate — consumerist (def 1).
  • consumer research — business: investigation of behaviors
  • consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
  • consumer spending — the percentage of an economy that is accounted for by what consumers spend
  • consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
  • consumer-advocate — Also called consumer advocate. a person who is dedicated to protecting and promoting the welfare and rights of consumers.
  • contact potential — the potential generated by the contact of two dissimilar materials in air or in a vacuum.
  • contemplativeness — The state or quality of being contemplative.
  • contemporaneously — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
  • contempt of court — Contempt of court is the criminal offence of disobeying an instruction from a judge or a court of law.
  • content marketing — marketing that tries to attract customers by distributing informational content potentially useful to the target audience, rather than by advertising products and services in the traditional way: content marketing through blogs and email newsletters.
  • context-sensitive — behaving, responding, or interpreted differently depending on context
  • contextualisation — Alt form contextualization.
  • contextualization — The act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.
  • continental crust — that part of the earth's crust that underlies the continents and continental shelves
  • continental drift — Continental drift is the slow movement of the Earth's continents towards and away from each other.
  • continental quilt — a quilt, stuffed with down or a synthetic material and containing pockets of air, used as a bed cover in place of the top sheet and blankets
  • continental shelf — The continental shelf is the area which forms the edge of a continent, ending in a steep slope to the depths of the ocean.
  • continental slope — a steep slope separating a continental shelf and a deep ocean basin.
  • contingency table — an array having the frequency of occurrence of certain events in each of a number of samples
  • contingent worker — a temporary or contract worker, especially one hired for one task or project.
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