14-letter words containing a, c, e, t, l, s
- biscuit barrel — an airtight container of circular section equipped with a lid and used for storing biscuits
- black basaltes — basaltware.
- black panthers — (in the US) a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end the political dominance of White people
- black redstart — a small, Passerine bird, Phoenicurus ochruros, found in Central and S Europe
- blanket stitch — a strong reinforcing stitch for the edges of blankets and other thick material
- blanket-stitch — a basic sewing stitch in which widely spaced, interlocking loops, or purls, are formed, used for cutwork, as a decorative finish for edges, etc.
- blister-packed — presented in a blister pack
- booster cables — jumper cables
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- breakfast club — a service that provides a breakfast for children who arrive early at school
- c with classes — Short-lived predecessor to C++.
- cable's length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- calculatedness — the state of being calculated
- call the shots — The person who calls the shots is in a position to tell others what to do.
- caloosahatchee — a river in S Florida, flowing W to the Gulf of Mexico near Fort Myers. 75 miles (121 km) long.
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- can't help sth — If you can't help the way you feel or behave, you cannot control it or stop it happening. You can also say that you can't help yourself.
- canada thistle — a prickly European weed (Cirsium arvense) of the composite family, with heads of purplish flowers and wavy leaves: now common as a fast-spreading, injurious weed throughout the N U.S.
- cancer cluster — the occurrence of a higher than expected number of cancer cases in a small, defined geographical area or population.
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
- capital assets — any assets, tangible or intangible, that are held for long-term investment
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- carpet slipper — Carpet slippers are soft, comfortable slippers.
- casement cloth — a sheer fabric made of a variety of fibers, used for window curtains and as backing for heavy drapery or decorative fabrics.
- castelo branco — Humberto de Alencar [oon-ber-too di ah-len-kahr] /ũˈbɛr tʊ dɪ ɑ lɛ̃ˈkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1900–67, Brazilian general and statesman: president 1964–67.
- castle shannon — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- castrop-rauxel — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 78 208 (2003 est)
- catachrestical — Catachrestic.
- cavalier poets — a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
- celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- celestial city — the goal of Christian's journey in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; the heavenly Jerusalem.
- celestial pole — either of the two points at which the earth's axis, extended to infinity, would intersect the celestial sphere
- central powers — (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
- central sulcus — a deep cleft in each hemisphere of the brain separating the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
- centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
- chapel of rest — a room in an undertaker's place of business where bodies are laid out in their coffins to be viewed before the funeral
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- charles albert — 1798–1849, king of Sardinia-Piedmont (1831–49) during the Risorgimento: abdicated after the failure of his revolt against Austria
- charles martel — grandfather of Charlemagne. ?688–741 ad, Frankish ruler of Austrasia (715–41), who checked the Muslim invasion of Europe by defeating the Moors at Poitiers (732)
- charles talbot — Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
- charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
- charter school — an alternative school that is founded on a charter, or contract, between a sponsoring group and a governmental unit and is funded with public money
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
- cholelithiases — the presence of gallstones.
- cholelithiasis — the occurrence or development of gallstones in the gall bladder
- cholesteatomas — Plural form of cholesteatoma.