14-letter words containing a, c, i, e
- carrier pigeon — any homing pigeon, esp one used for carrying messages
- carrier signal — (communications) A continuous signal of a single frequency capable of being modulated by a second, data-carrying signal. In radio communication, the two common kinds of modulation are amplitude modulation and frequency modulation.
- carrion beetle — any beetle of the family Silphidae that track carrion by a keen sense of smell
- carrion feeder — any animal that feeds on dead and rotting flesh
- carrion flower — a liliaceous climbing plant, Smilax herbacea of E North America, whose small green flowers smell like decaying flesh
- carrying place — portage (def 3).
- cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
- cartoonishness — The state or condition of being cartoonish.
- cartridge belt — a belt with pockets for cartridge clips or loops for cartridges
- cartridge case — a cylindrical, usually metal casing capable of being loaded with an explosive charge and often also a bullet
- cartridge clip — a metallic container holding cartridges for an automatic firearm
- case sensitive — case sensitivity
- case-sensitive — In computing, if a written word such as a password is case-sensitive, it must be written in a particular form, for example using all capital letters or all small letters, in order for the computer to recognize it.
- cash dispenser — A cash dispenser is a machine built into the wall of a bank or other building, which allows people to take out money from their bank account using a special card.
- cashier's desk — A cashier's desk is the same as a cash desk.
- casinghead gas — natural gas obtained from an oil well.
- casserole dish — cooking pot for oven or hob
- castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
- cat's whiskers — Radio. a stiff wire forming one contact in a crystal detector and used for probing the crystal.
- catachrestical — Catachrestic.
- cataleptically — in a trancelike or cataleptic manner
- catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
- catcher's mitt — the glove worn by the catcher to protect the hands
- catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
- categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
- categorization — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- cathedral city — a city that has a cathedral
- catherine parr — Catherine, Catherine Parr.
- 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
- 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
- celiac disease — a chronic nutritional disorder, usually of young children, caused by faulty absorption of gluten in the intestines and characterized by diarrhea and malnutrition
- cellini's halo — Heiligenschein.
- cellular radio — radio communication based on a network of transmitters each serving a small area known as a cell: used in personal communications systems in which the mobile receiver switches frequencies automatically as it passes from one cell to another
- celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
- centenarianism — the situation or condition of being a centenarian
- central office — (communications) The place where telephone companies terminate customer lines and locate switching equipment to interconnect those lines with other networks.
- central region — a former local government region in central Scotland, formed in 1975 from Clackmannanshire, most of Stirlingshire, and parts of Perthshire, West Lothian, Fife, and Kinross-shire; in 1996 it was replaced by the council areas of Stirling, Clackmannanshire, and Falkirk
- centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
- centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
- centrifugalize — to subject (something) to centrifugal motion
- centrifugation — a being subjected to centrifugal action, esp. in a centrifuge
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- centrolecithal — (of animal eggs) having a centrally located yolk
- cephalic index — the ratio of the greatest width of the human head to its greatest length, multiplied by 100
- cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
- cephalosporins — Plural form of cephalosporin.
- ceremonial tea — a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
- certifications — Plural form of certification.