14-letter words containing a, c, e, s, o, r
- coach transfer — a short journey by coach constituting part of a longer journey taken chiefly by a different mode of transport, esp a journey to or from an airport
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
- commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commercialised — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- commercialises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commercialise.
- commercializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commercialize.
- commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
- commissionaire — a uniformed doorman at a hotel, theatre, etc
- common measure — the usual stanza form of a ballad, consisting of four iambic lines rhyming a b c b or a b a b
- comparableness — The state or quality of being comparable; comparability.
- compass course — the direction of a ship's course based on its compass
- compass rafter — a rafter cut to a curve on one or both edges.
- compressed air — air at a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure: used esp as a source of power for machines
- concentrations — Plural form of concentration.
- 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.
- concrete class — (programming) In object-oriented programming, a class suitable to be instantiated, as opposed to an abstract class.
- concretisation — Alternative spelling of concretization.
- confederations — Plural form of confederation.
- coniston water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria: scene of the establishment of world water speed records by Sir Malcolm Campbell (1939) and his son Donald Campbell (1959). Length: 8 km (5 miles)
- connaturalness — connaturality
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- conservational — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
- conservatively — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- conservativism — Alternative form of conservatism.
- conservatorial — of or relating to a conservator or conservators
- conservatories — Plural form of conservatory.
- considerations — Plural form of consideration.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- consternations — a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- consul general — a consul of the highest grade, usually stationed in a city of considerable commercial importance
- consular agent — a consul of one of the lower grades
- container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
- contemporaries — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contesseration — the act of forging a friendship or union
- contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
- contractedness — the state of being shortened