15-letter words containing c, a, i, s, o
- careers officer — a person trained in giving vocational advice, esp to school leavers
- carnivorousness — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- cartesian doubt — willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.
- cartier-bresson — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1908–2004, French photographer
- casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
- cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
- cast-iron plant — any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant.
- castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
- castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
- catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
- catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
- categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
- categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
- categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
- catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
- catholic school — a school that includes instruction in Roman Catholic faith in its curriculum, with teachers who are often nuns or monks
- cause of action — the facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law
- caustic alcohol — sodium ethylate.
- celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
- chairpersonship — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
- charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
- chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
- chenopodiaceous — belonging to the Chenopodiaceae, formerly the goosefoot family, now considered part of the amaranth family of plants.
- chicago heights — a city in NE Illinois, S of Chicago.
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
- christmas carol — a joyful hymn or religious song, celebrating the birth of Christ
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- chronic disease — long-term illness
- church slavonic — Old Church Slavonic, esp as preserved in the liturgical use of the Orthodox church
- cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
- ciliary process — one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.
- circularisation — Alternative spelling of circularization.
- circumambagious — in a round-about manner
- circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
- city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
- clare of assisi — Saint. 1194–1253, Italian nun; founder of the Franciscan Order of Poor Clares. Feast day: Aug 11
- class inclusion — the relation between two classes in which all members of one class are included in the other, as in the proposition “All humans are animals.”.
- class-conscious — Someone who is class-conscious is very aware of the differences between the various classes of people in society, and often has a strong feeling of belonging to a particular class.
- classical logic — (logic) Non-intuitionistic logic.
- classifications — Plural form of classification.