15-letter words containing c, a, t, s, u, i
- capital surplus — any surplus of a business firm not derived from direct earnings or profits
- capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
- capitulationist — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
- carl xvi gustaf — born 1946, king of Sweden from 1973
- cartesian doubt — willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.
- cause of action — the facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law
- caustic alcohol — sodium ethylate.
- caustic surface — a surface that envelopes the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
- central sudanic — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic, and including Mangbetu.
- ceteris paribus — other things being equal
- chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
- chi-square test — a test derived from the chi-square distribution to compare the goodness of fit of theoretical and observed frequency distributions or to compare nominal data derived from unmatched groups of subjects
- chinese mustard — brown mustard.
- chintz curtains — curtains made of chintz
- circularisation — Alternative spelling of circularization.
- circumambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumambulate.
- circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
- circumstantials — incidentals; details
- circumstantiate — to support by giving particulars
- claims adjuster — A claims adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money a person making a claim should receive.
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- coast mountains — a mountain range in Canada, on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Waddington, 4043 m (13 266 ft)
- coinstantaneous — taking place at exactly the same moment
- colouristically — in a colouristic manner
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- communist china — China, People's Republic of.
- communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
- communistically — In a communistic manner.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
- consequentially — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- constitutionals — Plural form of constitutional.
- consubstantiate — (of the Eucharistic bread and wine and Christ's body and blood) to undergo consubstantiation
- consumption tax — a tax, as a sales tax, levied on consumer goods or services at the time of sale.
- contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- continuous wave — an electromagnetic wave, esp. a radio wave, with a constant amplitude and frequency
- contrariousness — The state or quality of being contrarious.
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- corpus striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter situated in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
- cost accounting — Cost accounting is the recording and analysis of all the various costs of running a business.
- countercathexis — (psychology) The suppression or repression of mental energy.
- counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- counterinstance — an instance that refutes a theory
- court christian — ecclesiastical court.