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14-letter words containing c, a, t, o, s

  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • subarborescent — below or under trees
  • subassociation — an association that forms part of a larger association
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
  • subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
  • superpatriotic — characteristic of a superpatriot
  • surface-to-air — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
  • sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
  • sync-generator — an electronic generator that supplies synchronizing pulses to television scanning and transmitting equipment.
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • syntactic foam — any of several buoyant materials made up of tiny hollow spheres embedded in a surrounding plastic
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • tax concession — tax reduction
  • tax consultant — a person who advises other people and companies on tax affairs, esp on legal ways of paying less tax
  • teach a lesson — give a class, give instruction
  • telescope peak — a mountain in SE California: highest peak in the Panamint Range, above Death Valley. 11,049 feet (3368 meters).
  • telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
  • tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
  • the soo canals — the two ship canals linking Lakes Superior and Huron. There is a canal on the Canadian and on the US side of the rapids of the St Mary's River
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
  • thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
  • to be the case — If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct.
  • to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
  • tobacco mosaic — a disease of the nightshade family of plants, particularly tobacco and tomato, caused by the tobacco mosaic virus and characterized by mottled leaves and yellowed, necrotic plants.
  • top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
  • tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • transactivator — to activate the replication of (a viral gene) through the presence of a gene at another locus, especially following a viral infection.
  • transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
  • transcutaneous — by way of or through the skin.
  • transductional — of or relating to transduction
  • transformistic — of or relating to transformism or transformists
  • transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
  • treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
  • trichomoniasis — a sexually transmitted disease typically asymptomatic in men and resulting in vaginitis with a copious, frothy discharge and itching in women, caused by a trichomonad Trichomonas vaginalis.
  • triconsonantal — having three consonants
  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
  • tropical storm — a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
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