14-letter words containing c, a, s, o
- cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cryptosporidia — Plural form of cryptosporidium.
- crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
- crystal violet — a rosaniline dye, C25H30ClN3, used as an antiseptic, an indicator, and a bacterial stain in Gram's method
- crystalisation — Alternative spelling of crystallization.
- crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- curvaceousness — the quality of having an attractively curved figure
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- customer's man — registered representative.
- cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cyclooxygenase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins; their inhibition is the mode of action of aspirin and ibuprofen.
- cyclosilicates — Plural form of cyclosilicate.
- cyclostomatous — having a circular mouth.
- cystolithiasis — a medical condition caused by the formation of a calculus in the bladder
- cytostatically — in a cytostatic manner
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
- data processor — a computer that is capable of performing operations on data in order to extract information, reorder files, etc
- decarboxylases — Plural form of decarboxylase.
- decay constant — the reciprocal of the decay time.
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
- decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
- decolonisation — Alternative spelling of decolonization.
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
- deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
- deconsecration — The opposite of consecration, to undo consecration. Desecration or defilement.
- decontaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decontaminate.
- decorated shed — a contemporary design concept characterized by buildings generally of purely utilitarian design but with fronts intended to give them more grandeur or to announce their functions.
- decorativeness — The condition of being decorative.
- deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
- dental records — records produced during a dental examination and recording the state of a patient's teeth
- dermatomycoses — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
- dermatomycosis — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
- despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
- detached house — a house that is not joined to any other house
- diabolicalness — The state or quality of being diabolical.
- diagnostically — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- dialectologist — a specialist in dialectology.
- diastereomeric — having the properties of or pertaining to a diastereoisomer