14-letter words containing a, i, c
- cardiovascular — of the heart and the blood vessels as a unified body system
- care assistant — a person who is paid to look after one or more severely handicapped people staying in residential accommodation
- careers office — a room or building in which vocational advice can be obtained from a Careers Officer and which often also has books, leaflets, etc on careers
- caricaturistic — Grossly and comically exaggerated, like a caricature.
- carnarvonshire — Caernarvon.
- carnival glass — a colorful iridescent pressed glassware popular in the U.S. in the early 20th century.
- carotid artery — A carotid artery is one of the two arteries in the neck that supply the head with blood.
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- carpet slipper — Carpet slippers are soft, comfortable slippers.
- carriage clock — a portable clock, usually in a rectangular case with a handle on the top, of a type originally used by travellers
- carriage drive — a private road for horse-drawn carriages, often connecting a house with a public road
- carriage horse — a horse trained and groomed to draw carriages.
- carriage house — coach house.
- carriage piece — carriage (def 7).
- carriage trade — trade from the wealthy part of society
- 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
- cartographical — Pertaining to cartography.
- 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.
- casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
- 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
- catastrophical — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
- catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
- catch sight of — to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
- 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.
- caucasian lily — a tall lily plant, Lilium monadelphum, having large, fragrant, drooping golden-yellow flowers.
- caustic baryta — baryta (def 2).