14-letter words containing a, c, t, e, o
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- cinnamon stone — essonite
- citronella oil — the yellow aromatic oil obtained from citronella grass, used in insect repellents, soaps, perfumes, etc
- clacton-on-sea — a town on the North Sea coast in Essex, England.
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- close quarters — a narrow cramped space or position
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- co-trimoxazole — an antibiotic consisting of a mixture of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (a sulfa drug): used esp to treat infections of the urinary tract and lungs (as in AIDS)
- coach operator — a company that operates a business involving the transport of passengers in coaches
- 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
- coast live oak — California live oak.
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- coated vesicle — a clathrin-covered vesicle that forms from the closure of a coated pit, engulfing the ligand-receptor complex in endocytosis.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- cocktail sauce — any of various sauces served with a seafood cocktail, typically one consisting of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and seasonings.
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- cognate object — a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
- collateralized — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralize.
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- colour palette — (graphics, hardware) (colour look-up table, CLUT) A device which converts the logical colour numbers stored in each pixel of video memory into physical colours, normally represented as RGB triplets, that can be displayed on the monitor. The palette is simply a block of fast RAM which is addressed by the logical colour and whose output is split into the red, green and blue levels which drive the actual display (e.g. CRT). The number of entries (logical colours) in the palette is the total number of colours which can appear on screen simultaneously. The width of each entry determines the number of colours which the palette can be set to produce. A common example would be a palette of 256 colours (i.e. addressed by eight-bit pixel values) where each colour can be chosen from a total of 16.7 million colours (i.e. eight bits output for each of red, green and blue). Changes to the palette affect the whole screen at once and can be used to produce special effects which would be much slower to produce by updating pixels.
- combat fatigue — a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
- come to a halt — stop suddenly
- come to a head — to be about to discharge pus
- come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- 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.
- commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
- commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
- commercial art — graphic art for commercial uses such as advertising, packaging, etc
- commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
- committeewoman — a female member of a committee
- community care — help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions