15-letter words containing c, a, s, o
- unsanctimonious — Obsolete. holy; sacred.
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- vascularization — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vasoconstrictor — a nerve or drug that causes vasoconstriction.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- 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.
- vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.
- victoria island — an island off the coast of N Canada, in the Arctic Ocean. 80,340 sq. mi. (208,081 sq. km).
- violinistically — in a violinistic manner
- virginian stock — a similar and related North American plant, Malcolmia maritima
- vitreous silica — silica glass
- volcano islands — a group of three volcanic islands in the W Pacific, about 1100 km (700 miles) south of Japan: the largest is Iwo Jima, taken by US forces in 1945 and returned to Japan in 1968. Area: about 28 sq km (11 sq miles)
- voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
- w.h. richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- weapons carrier — a light truck for transporting weapons or munitions in the field.
- well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
- wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
- west carrollton — a town in W Ohio.
- west coast jazz — cool jazz.
- what's cooking? — what's happening?
- white cast iron — cast iron having most or all of its carbon in the form of cementite and exhibiting a silvery fracture.
- witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).
- worcester china — porcelain articles made in Worcester (England) from 1751 in a factory that became, in 1862, the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company
- worcester sauce — a commercially prepared piquant sauce, made from a basis of soy sauce, with vinegar, spices, etc
- yeast infection — candida: genital inflammation
- yin-yang school — a school of ancient Chinese philosophers who interpreted history in terms of the influence of the seasons and of five elements: earth, wood, metal, fire, and water.
- yorkshire chair — Derbyshire chair.
- youth orchestra — an orchestra that is made up of young musicians
- zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.