14-letter words containing c, a, t, o, s
- factitiousness — The quality of being factitious.
- fantastication — the act of making fantastic
- fasciculations — Plural form of fasciculation.
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- floating stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
- fortifications — Plural form of fortification.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- free-associate — to engage in free association.
- 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.
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- galactic noise — unidentified radio-frequency radiation originating from beyond the solar system.
- galactic poles — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- galactopoiesis — increasing the secretion of milk.
- galvanoplastic — pertaining to reproduction by electrotypy.
- gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
- geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
- george v coast — a coastal region in Antarctica, along the Indian Ocean coast.
- gerontocracies — Plural form of gerontocracy.
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- get one's back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- glans-clitoris — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- gratifications — Plural form of gratification.
- hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
- halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- hamito-semitic — denoting or belonging to this family of languages
- harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.
- have a stomack — to be pregnant
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- histologically — In an histological manner.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
- hypostatically — In a hypostatic manner.