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15-letter words containing c, i, s, t

  • cartridge brass — brass composed of about 70 percent copper and 30 percent zinc.
  • casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
  • casparian strip — a band of suberized material around the radial walls of endodermal cells: impervious to gases and liquids
  • cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
  • cast-iron plant — any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant.
  • castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
  • castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
  • cataclysmically — of, relating to, or resulting from a cataclysm.
  • catalina island — Santa Catalina.
  • catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
  • catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
  • categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
  • categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
  • categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
  • catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
  • catholic school — a school that includes instruction in Roman Catholic faith in its curriculum, with teachers who are often nuns or monks
  • 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
  • celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
  • cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
  • centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
  • central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
  • 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.
  • centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point
  • ceteris paribus — other things being equal
  • cetti's warbler — a reddish-brown Eurasian warbler, Cettia cetti, with a distinctive song
  • chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
  • channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
  • chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
  • characteristick — Obsolete form of characteristic.
  • characteristics — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
  • charismatically — In a charismatic way.
  • charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
  • charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
  • chatham islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, forming a county of South Island, New Zealand: consists of the main islands of Chatham, Pitt, and several rocky islets. Chief settlement: Waitangi. Pop: 609 (2006 est). Area: 963 sq km (372 sq miles)
  • chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
  • chest infection — a respiratory infection mainly affecting the chest
  • chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
  • chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
  • 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
  • chicago heights — a city in NE Illinois, S of Chicago.
  • chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
  • chicken nuggets — small pieces of chicken fried in batter
  • chief assistant — the most important or top-ranking assistant to an official
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
  • chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
  • chief secretary — (in Britain) the second most senior Treasury post, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
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