14-letter words containing c, a, r, t, u, s
- 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.
- custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
- customer's man — registered representative.
- cut and thrust — If you talk about the cut and thrust of an activity, you are talking about the aspects of it that make it exciting and challenging.
- 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.
- dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
- data structure — an organized form, such as an array list or string, in which connected data items are held in a computer
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- disarticulated — Simple past tense and past participle of disarticulate.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- doctor faustus — (The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus) a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- eastern church — any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Byzantine Church.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- endurance test — a test to measure the ability of a person, machine, system, etc to deal with physical activity, use, etc
- escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
- escrow account — account held on sb else's behalf
- exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- ice-cream suit — a man's lightweight summer suit of white or a finely striped or solid pastel color.
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- inaccurateness — The quality of being inaccurate.
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- insular celtic — a partly geographical, partly genetic grouping of Celtic languages that consists of those spoken in the British Isles in ancient times and those descended from them.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.