14-letter words starting with co
- compound-wound — noting an electric device in which part of the field circuit is in parallel with the armature circuit and part is in series with it.
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- comprehensions — Plural form of comprehension.
- comprehensives — Plural form of comprehensive.
- compressed air — air at a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure: used esp as a source of power for machines
- compromisation — The act of compromising.
- compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
- compton effect — a phenomenon in which a collision between a photon and a particle results in an increase in the kinetic energy of the particle and a corresponding increase in the wavelength of the photon
- compulsiveness — compelling; compulsory.
- compusult ltd. — A computer consulting firm (in Newfoundland, Canada?) that provides a public access Unix.
- compute server — (computer, parallel) A kind of parallel processor where the parallel processors have no I/O except via a bus or other connection to a front-end processor which handles all I/O to disks, terminals and network. In some antiquated IBM mainframes, a second CPU was provided that could not access I/O devices, known as the slave or attached processor, while the CPU having access to all devices was known as the master processor.
- computer crime — crime perpetrated on or requiring the use of computers
- computer error — an error attributed to the action of a computer
- computer model — a model of a process or object created on a computer
- computer virus — virus
- computer-aided — done or improved by computer
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- computerphobic — a computerphobe
- concanavalin a — a lectin isolated from jack bean that agglutinates red blood cells, human cancer cells, etc. and causes resting cells to divide: used to stimulate or test the activity of certain cells, as T cells
- concatenations — Plural form of concatenation.
- concavo-convex — having one side concave and the other side convex
- concealability — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- conceivability — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- concelebration — the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.
- concentratedly — with intense mental application
- concentrations — Plural form of concentration.
- concentrically — having a common center, as circles or spheres.
- conceptual art — art in which the idea behind a particular work, and the means of producing it, are more important than the finished work
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualise.
- conceptualists — Plural form of conceptualist.
- conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.
- conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
- conceptualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize.
- concert tuning — the standard tuning for a guitar: E A D G B E
- concertmasters — Plural form of concertmaster.
- concessionaire — A concessionaire is a person or company that has the right to sell a product or to run a business, especially in a building belonging to another business.
- conchyliaceous — Alternative form of conchylaceous.
- conciliatingly — So as to conciliate.
- conciliatorily — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- conclusionally — the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.
- conclusiveness — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- concrete class — (programming) In object-oriented programming, a class suitable to be instantiated, as opposed to an abstract class.
- concrete mixer — a device used for mixing cement, sand, gravel, or other substances to make concrete; it has a rotating drum in which the concrete is mixed
- concrete music — music consisting of an electronically modified montage of tape-recorded sounds
- concretisation — Alternative spelling of concretization.