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14-letter words containing a, c, u, s, l

  • conchyliaceous — Alternative form of conchylaceous.
  • conclusionally — the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.
  • confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.
  • connaturalness — connaturality
  • constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
  • constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
  • constitutional — Constitutional means relating to the constitution of a particular country or organization.
  • constructional — the act or art of constructing.
  • consubstantial — (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect
  • 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
  • consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
  • consultatively — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
  • contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualises — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contextualize.
  • contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
  • contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
  • copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
  • coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
  • corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
  • corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
  • corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
  • cosmeceuticals — Plural form of cosmeceutical.
  • council estate — a housing development built by a local council
  • counterassault — a counterattack
  • court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
  • cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
  • creatureliness — creatural.
  • crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
  • cross-cultural — Cross-cultural means involving two or more different cultures.
  • cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
  • cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
  • crux australis — a small conspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere lying in the Milky Way near Centaurus. The four brightest stars form a cross the longer arm of which points to the south celestial pole
  • crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
  • culzean castle — a Gothic Revival castle near Ayr in South Ayrshire, in SW Scotland: designed by Robert Adam (1772–92); includes a room dedicated to General Eisenhower
  • cumulativeness — The state or quality of being cumulative.
  • cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
  • cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
  • cyclostomatous — having a circular mouth.
  • damascus steel — a hard flexible steel with wavy markings caused by forging the metal in strips: used for sword blades
  • delaney clause — an amendment to a 1958 Federal law, prohibiting the use of any food additive found to cause cancer in people or animals
  • dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
  • disarticulated — Simple past tense and past participle of disarticulate.
  • disciplinarium — a scourge for flogging penitents
  • discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
  • discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
  • discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
  • discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
  • documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
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