14-letter words containing c, a, e, i, t, s
- cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
- crystal violet — a rosaniline dye, C25H30ClN3, used as an antiseptic, an indicator, and a bacterial stain in Gram's method
- crystallizable — That can be crystallized.
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- cumulativeness — The state or quality of being cumulative.
- curtain raiser — a short play preceding a main play.
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- curtain-raiser — A curtain-raiser is an event, especially a sporting event or a performance, that takes place before a more important one, or starts off a series of events.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cutis anserina — goose bumps.
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- cyclosilicates — Plural form of cyclosilicate.
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- dating service — a service that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- death instinct — the destructive or aggressive instinct, based on a compulsion to return to an earlier harmonious state and, ultimately, to nonexistence
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- dechristianize — to make non-Christian
- decimal system — the number system in general use, having a base of ten, in which numbers are expressed by combinations of the ten digits 0 to 9
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decolonisation — Alternative spelling of decolonization.
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
- deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
- deconsecration — The opposite of consecration, to undo consecration. Desecration or defilement.
- decontaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decontaminate.
- decorativeness — The condition of being decorative.
- dermatomycosis — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- dialectologist — a specialist in dialectology.
- diastereomeric — having the properties of or pertaining to a diastereoisomer
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- direct address — Grammar. the use of a term or name for the person spoken to, as in securing the attention of that person; use of a vocative form.
- disaccommodate — to inconvenience (a person)
- disarticulated — Simple past tense and past participle of disarticulate.
- disassociative — That disassociates; that causes disassociation.
- disceptatorial — disputable
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discharge rate — The discharge rate is the rate at which a process produces waste or a product.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconsolately — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discontinuance — the act or state of discontinuing or the state of being discontinued; cessation: the discontinuance of a business.
- discountenance — to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discretionally — At one's discretion.
- discretization — the act or process of making mathematically discrete.