14-letter words containing c, a, t, o, s
- space platform — space station.
- specialisation — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
- spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
- spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
- spirit compass — a wet compass filled with a mixture of alcohol and water.
- spirochaetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- staff corporal — a noncommissioned rank in the British Army above that of staff sergeant and below that of warrant officer
- staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- staghorn coral — staghorn coral.
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- standard score — the test score of a participant expressed as the deviation of the score from the mean score of the sample in units of standard deviation.
- staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- start-up costs — the costs of setting up a business or other project
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- startle colour — a bright region of an animal's coloration, normally hidden from view and often part of a design resembling birds' eyes, etc, exposed when the animal is disturbed by a predator
- state function — a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
- state of grace — grace (def 8d).
- station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
- steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
- stockade fence — a fence of closely fitted vertical boards with pointed tops.
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- stomatogastric — relating to the mouth and stomach or the connections between the mouth and stomach
- stop consonant — a consonant sound that is made while stopping the airway
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- stratification — the act or an instance of stratifying.
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.