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14-letter words containing c, i, s, m

  • condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
  • conservativism — Alternative form of conservatism.
  • constructivism — a movement in abstract art evolved in Russia after World War I, primarily by Naum Gabo, which explored the use of movement and machine-age materials in sculpture and had considerable influence on modern art and architecture
  • contaminations — Plural form of contamination.
  • contemplations — Plural form of contemplation.
  • contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
  • contemporaries — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
  • contemporising — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
  • conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
  • continentalism — an attitude, expression, etc., characteristic of a continent, especially of Europe.
  • contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
  • contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
  • contumeliously — insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
  • cookie monster — (recreation)   (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward. See also wabbit.
  • cooling system — a system which cools something such as a building or engine
  • coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
  • cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
  • corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
  • cosmeceuticals — Plural form of cosmeceutical.
  • cosmetological — the art or profession of applying cosmetics.
  • cosmetologists — Plural form of cosmetologist.
  • cosmochemistry — the study of the chemical composition of the celestial bodies
  • cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • cosmologically — In a cosmological way.
  • cosmopolitical — relating to all polities
  • court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
  • creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
  • criminalistics — the scientific study of criminal evidence
  • criminologists — Plural form of criminologist.
  • crimson clover — an annual clover (Trifolium incarnatum) with elongated heads of deep-red flowers, often grown in the S U.S. as a cover or green-manure crop
  • cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
  • cross-compiler — a compiler able to create executable code for a platform different from the one the compiler is run on
  • cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
  • cross-multiply — to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
  • cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
  • cruise missile — A cruise missile is a missile which carries a nuclear warhead and which is guided by a computer.
  • cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
  • cumulativeness — The state or quality of being cumulative.
  • cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
  • cyberterrorism — the illegal use of computers and the internet to achieve some goal
  • decimal system — the number system in general use, having a base of ten, in which numbers are expressed by combinations of the ten digits 0 to 9
  • decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
  • decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
  • decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
  • decommissioned — to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
  • decommissioner — a person who decommissions a ship, nuclear reactor, etc
  • decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
  • decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
  • decontaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decontaminate.
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