14-letter words containing a, l, e, o, c
- claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- cleaning woman — A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- clock repairer — a person who mends clocks, watches, etc
- 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
- closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
- 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)
- coast live oak — California live oak.
- coated vesicle — a clathrin-covered vesicle that forms from the closure of a coated pit, engulfing the ligand-receptor complex in endocytosis.
- cochlear nerve — the branch of the auditory nerve that connects with the cochlea and transmits impulses to the hearing center of the brain
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- 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
- coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
- coeliac plexus — the network of sympathetic nerves situated behind the stomach that supply the abdominal organs
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
- collateralized — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralize.
- colloquialness — The state or quality of being colloquial.
- colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- colorado river — a state in the W United States. 104,247 sq. mi. (270,000 sq. km). Capital: Denver. Abbreviation: CO (for use with zip code), Col., Colo.
- 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.
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- columbia river — a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 miles (1955 km) long.
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- 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
- command module — the cone-shaped module used as the living quarters in an Apollo spacecraft and functioning as the splashdown vehicle
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
- commercial art — graphic art for commercial uses such as advertising, packaging, etc
- commercial law — business law