14-letter words containing c, e, s
- clouded sulfur — a sulfur butterfly, Colias philodice, having yellow wings with black edges and larvae that feed on clover and other legumes.
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- co-respondents — men's two-coloured shoes, usually black and white or brown and white
- coach transfer — a short journey by coach constituting part of a longer journey taken chiefly by a different mode of transport, esp a journey to or from an airport
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coast live oak — California live oak.
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- coated vesicle — a clathrin-covered vesicle that forms from the closure of a coated pit, engulfing the ligand-receptor complex in endocytosis.
- cobbler's pegs — a common Australian weed, Bidens pilosa, with spiky peglike awns
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- cocktail sauce — any of various sauces served with a seafood cocktail, typically one consisting of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and seasonings.
- code of ethics — an agreement on ethical standards for a profession or business
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- coeliac plexus — the network of sympathetic nerves situated behind the stomach that supply the abdominal organs
- coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
- coffee service — a set of china consisting of coffee cups and saucers, a pot, milk jug, and sugar bowl
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- colby (cheese) — a variety of cheese similar to Cheddar but softer, moister, and more porous
- collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
- collectiveness — The state or quality of being collective.
- collectivistic — the political principle of centralized social and economic control, especially of all means of production.
- collectivities — Plural form of collectivity.
- colliquescence — the potential for turning to liquid
- colloquialness — The state or quality of being colloquial.
- colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- colourlessness — The state or quality of being colourless.
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
- coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- come in useful — If an object or skill comes in useful, it can help you achieve something in a particular situation.
- come off worst — to enjoy the least benefit from an issue or be defeated in it
- come on strong — If someone comes on strong, they make their intentions or feelings clear in an excessive or aggressive way.
- come one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commercialised — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- commercialises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commercialise.
- commercializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commercialize.
- commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.