14-letter words containing c, l, a, e, s
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- clearance sale — A clearance sale is a sale in which the goods in a shop are sold at reduced prices, because the shopkeeper wants to get rid of them quickly or because the shop is closing down.
- 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.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
- cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- clive sinclair — (person) Sir Clive Sinclair (1939- ) The British inventor who pioneered the home microcomputer market in the early 1980s, with the introduction of low-cost, easy to use, 8-bit computers produced by his company, Sinclair Research. Sir Clive also invented and produced a variety of electronic devices from the 1960s to 1990s, including pocket calculators (he marketed the first pocket calculator in the world), radios and televisions. Perhaps he is most famous (or some might say notorious) for his range electric vehicles, especially the Sinclair C5, introduced in 1985. He has been a member of MENSA, the high IQ society, since 1962.
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- close quarters — a narrow cramped space or position
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- coast live oak — California live oak.
- coated vesicle — a clathrin-covered vesicle that forms from the closure of a coated pit, engulfing the ligand-receptor complex in endocytosis.
- 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.
- coeliac plexus — the network of sympathetic nerves situated behind the stomach that supply the abdominal organs
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
- 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.
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- commensurately — 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.
- commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- commonsensical — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
- comparableness — The state or quality of being comparable; comparability.
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
- compassionless — having no compassion
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compensational — the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualise.
- conceptualists — Plural form of conceptualist.
- conceptualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize.
- conchyliaceous — Alternative form of conchylaceous.
- concrete class — (programming) In object-oriented programming, a class suitable to be instantiated, as opposed to an abstract class.
- condensational — Of or pertaining to condensation.