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14-letter words containing c, a, r, d, s

  • cardiac muscle — a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • cardiovascular — of the heart and the blood vessels as a unified body system
  • carousel fraud — the practice of importing goods from a country where they are not subject to VAT, selling them with VAT added, then deliberately not paying the VAT to the government
  • cartridge case — a cylindrical, usually metal casing capable of being loaded with an explosive charge and often also a bullet
  • cash dispenser — A cash dispenser is a machine built into the wall of a bank or other building, which allows people to take out money from their bank account using a special card.
  • cash-and-carry — A cash-and-carry is a large shop where you can buy goods in larger quantities and at lower prices than in ordinary shops. Cash-and-carries are mainly used by people in business to buy goods for their shops or companies.
  • cashier's desk — A cashier's desk is the same as a cash desk.
  • casserole dish — cooking pot for oven or hob
  • catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
  • celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
  • cerro de pasco — a town in central Peru, in the Andes: one of the highest towns in the world, 4400 m (14 436 ft) above sea level; mining centre. Pop: 70 000 (latest est)
  • charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
  • charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
  • cheddar cheese — a hard, smooth-textured cheese, made usually from the whole milk of cows and varying in color from white to deep yellow and in flavor from mild to sharp as it ages.
  • chest expander — a device for strengthening the chest muscles, consisting of two handles attached to strong springs or elastic cords that the user pulls apart across the chest
  • chevra kadisha — a Jewish burial society, usually composed of unpaid volunteers who provide funerals for members of their congregation
  • children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
  • china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
  • chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • chondrosarcoma — A type of bone cancer, a cartilage-based tumour.
  • chordamesoderm — a kind of mesoderm that develops into the notochord
  • christmas card — Christmas cards are cards with greetings, which people send to their friends and family at Christmas.
  • chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
  • clamshell door — Often, clamshell doors. a door consisting of two panels that spread open vertically, as those located on the underside of some cargo planes.
  • cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
  • coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
  • coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
  • coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
  • cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
  • collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
  • commercialised — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
  • compound sugar — any sugar that when hydrolyzed yields two or more monosaccharides.
  • compressed air — air at a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure: used esp as a source of power for machines
  • confederations — Plural form of confederation.
  • conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
  • considerations — Plural form of consideration.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
  • contractedness — the state of being shortened
  • contradictions — the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
  • contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
  • contradistinct — Distinguished by opposite qualities.
  • coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
  • copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
  • cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
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