15-letter words containing a, c, t, s, o
- cocktail shaker — a container in which cocktails are mixed
- coinstantaneity — the act of taking place at exactly the same moment
- coinstantaneous — taking place at exactly the same moment
- college station — a city in E central Texas.
- collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
- colonizationist — a person who is in favour of colonization
- colorado desert — an arid region of SE California and NW Mexico, west of the Colorado River. Area: over 5000 sq km (2000 sq miles)
- colour contrast — the change in the appearance of a colour surrounded by another colour; for example, grey looks bluish if surrounded by yellow
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- colouristically — in a colouristic manner
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- combat trousers — Combat trousers are large, loose trousers with lots of pockets.
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- committee stage — (in British parliamentary procedure) the detailed examination by MPs of proposed legislation
- common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
- communist china — China, People's Republic of.
- communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
- communistically — In a communistic manner.
- comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
- comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
- compatibilities — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- compositionally — in a compositional manner
- compotationship — the state of being a compotator or drinking companion
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- concert pianist — a person who earns a living from giving solo performances on the piano in front of audiences
- concrete syntax — (language, data) The syntax of a language including all the features visible in the source code such as parentheses and delimiters. The concrete syntax is used when parsing the program or other input, during which it is usually converted into some kind of abstract syntax tree (conforming to an abstract syntax). In communications, concrete syntax is called transfer syntax.
- conestoga wagon — a large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th century
- confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
- confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
- confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
- consecratedness — the state of being consecrated
- consentaneously — In a consentaneous manner.
- consequentially — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- conservationism — A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources.
- conservationist — A conservationist is someone who cares greatly about the conservation of the environment and who works to protect it.
- conservatorship — the legal status of a person appointed by a court to protect the interests of someone, such as a child, who is unable to manage his or her own affairs
- considerateness — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.