14-letter words containing c, e, s, u, r
- burschenschaft — a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc
- bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
- butcher's shop — a shop dedicated to the selling of meat
- c power supply — a battery or other source of power for supplying a constant voltage bias to a control electrode of a vacuum tube.
- cadaverousness — of or like a corpse.
- call-up papers — a letter containing order to report for service
- camera obscura — a darkened chamber or small building in which images of outside objects are projected onto a flat surface by a convex lens in an aperture
- camp counselor — activities supervisor
- cancer cluster — the occurrence of a higher than expected number of cancer cases in a small, defined geographical area or population.
- cancer-causing — having the ability to induce the growth of a malignant tumour
- candlesnuffers — Plural form of candlesnuffer.
- canons regular — one of a body of dignitaries or prebendaries attached to a cathedral or a collegiate church; a member of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church.
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
- capparidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Capparidaceae (or (Capparaceae), a family of plants, mostly shrubs including the caper, of warm tropical regions
- capriciousness — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- cardiac muscle — a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
- carousel fraud — the practice of importing goods from a country where they are not subject to VAT, selling them with VAT added, then deliberately not paying the VAT to the government
- carriage house — coach house.
- castrop-rauxel — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 78 208 (2003 est)
- censoriousness — The state of being censorious.
- censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
- central sulcus — a deep cleft in each hemisphere of the brain separating the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
- channel surfer — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- charles sumner — Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- cheese product — a processed cheese consisting in the U.S. of at least 50 percent cheese to which cheese whey or whey albumin may be added.
- chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
- cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
- choroid plexus — a multilobed vascular membrane, projecting into the cerebral ventricles, that secretes cerebrospinal fluid
- chromium steel — a very hard alloy steel containing chromium
- chronosequence — (geology) A sequence of different soils formed at different times.
- chrysanthemums — Plural form of chrysanthemum.
- church service — an instance of a religious service in a church
- church visible — the entire body of Christian believers on earth.
- ciliary muscle — the smooth muscle in the ciliary body, the action of which affects the accommodation of the eye.
- circuitousness — The state of being circuitous.
- circumbendibus — a circumlocution
- circumferences — Plural form of circumference.
- circumscissile — (of the dry dehiscent fruits of certain plants) opening completely by a transverse split
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- circumspective — given to or marked by circumspection; watchful; cautious: His behavior was circumspective.
- cislunar space — the region beyond the earth's atmosphere occurring between the earth and moon
- citrus heights — a city in central California, near Sacramento.
- class struggle — in Marxism, the constant economic and political struggle held to exist between social classes regarded as exploiting and those regarded as exploited; specif., in capitalist countries, the struggle between capitalists (bourgeoisie) and workers (proletariat)
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- close juncture — continuity in the articulation of two successive sounds, as in the normal transition between sounds within a word; absence of juncture (opposed to open juncture). Compare juncture (def 7), open juncture, terminal juncture.
- close quarters — a narrow cramped space or position