15-letter words containing c, a, n, t, i, o
- sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- star attraction — the main or most popular attraction, as of a tourist destination, etc
- star connection — a connection used in a polyphase electrical device or system of devices in which the windings each have one end connected to a common junction, the star point, and the other end to a separate terminal
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- state education — education provided by the state; education which is not private
- station officer — a person who is in charge of a fire station
- storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
- strait of canso — a channel in Canada, between the Nova Scotia mainland and S Cape Breton Island
- stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- structural iron — iron shaped for use in construction.
- studio audience — spectators on a TV set
- sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
- subcivilization — a division of a civilization
- subconjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- subvocalization — the act or process of producing subvocal speech
- superexcitation — the act of exciting.
- surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
- sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
- tactical voting — Tactical voting is the act of voting for a particular person or political party in order to prevent someone else from winning, rather than because you support that person or party.
- take one's pick — If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
- tammany society — a benevolent society founded in 1789, which later became Tammany Hall, the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- teratocarcinoma — a monstrous malignant tumour typically found in the testes
- terra incognita — an unknown or unexplored land, region, or subject.
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- thanatognomonic — signalling the nearness of death
- the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- the incarnation — the taking on of a human body by the second person of the Trinity; the joining of the divine and the human in Jesus Christ
- the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- thiocyanic acid — an unstable acid, HSCN, known chiefly in the form of its salts.
- thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
- thyrocalcitonin — calcitonin
- to call in sick — If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill.
- torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
- toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
- traction engine — a locomotive operating on surfaces other than tracks and pulling heavy loads, as fallen logs.
- trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
- trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
- traffic control — management of road use
- traffic offence — a violation of traffic regulations, such as breaking the speed limit
- training course — practical programme of study
- training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.