15-letter words containing c, a, p, s, o
- spectator sport — any sport that can be watched by spectators, as football or basketball, usually for a fee.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
- spell a paddock — to give a field a rest period by letting it lie fallow
- spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
- spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
- splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
- 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.
- spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- 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.
- sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
- sumatra camphor — borneol.
- superexcitation — the act of exciting.
- sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympathetectomy — sympathectomy.
- sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- symptomatically — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- symptomological — relating to symptomology
- 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.
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unix conspiracy — [ITS] According to a conspiracy theory long popular among ITS and TOPS-20 fans, Unix's growth is the result of a plot, hatched during the 1970s at Bell Labs, whose intent was to hobble AT&T's competitors by making them dependent upon a system whose future evolution was to be under AT&T's control. This would be accomplished by disseminating an operating system that is apparently inexpensive and easily portable, but also relatively unreliable and insecure (so as to require continuing upgrades from AT&T). This theory was lent a substantial impetus in 1984 by the paper referenced in the back door entry. In this view, Unix was designed to be one of the first computer viruses (see virus) - but a virus spread to computers indirectly by people and market forces, rather than directly through disks and networks. Adherents of this "Unix virus" theory like to cite the fact that the well-known quotation "Unix is snake oil" was uttered by DEC president Kenneth Olsen shortly before DEC began actively promoting its own family of Unix workstations. (Olsen now claims to have been misquoted.)
- unphilosophical — not adhering to philosophical theory or principles
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
- vicar apostolic — Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
- weapons carrier — a light truck for transporting weapons or munitions in the field.
- zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.