14-letter words containing c, o, l, r, s
- climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- 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
- closed circuit — a circuit without interruption, providing a continuous path through which a current can flow.
- closed cornice — a slightly projecting wooden cornice composed of a frieze board and a crown molding without a soffit.
- closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
- closed-circuit — A closed-circuit television or video system is one that operates within a limited area such as a building.
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- clouded sulfur — a sulfur butterfly, Colias philodice, having yellow wings with black edges and larvae that feed on clover and other legumes.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- 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.
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
- collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
- 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.
- coloristically — In terms of, or in relation to, color; in a coloristic way.
- colourlessness — The state or quality of being colourless.
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
- 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.
- common soldier — a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
- comparableness — The state or quality of being comparable; comparability.
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
- concrete class — (programming) In object-oriented programming, a class suitable to be instantiated, as opposed to an abstract class.
- conductor loss — Conductor loss is loss occurring in a conductor due to the flow of current.
- conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
- congresspeople — congressmen or congresswomen
- connaturalness — connaturality
- conscriptional — of or relating to conscription
- conservational — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
- conservatively — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- conservatorial — of or relating to a conservator or conservators
- conspirational — of or relating to conspiration
- conspiratorial — If someone does something such as speak or smile in a conspiratorial way, they do it in a way that suggests they are sharing a secret with someone.
- conspiratorily — In a conspiratory manner.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
- constraintlisp — (language) An object-oriented constraint language based on CSP. An extension of Common Lisp and CLOS.
- constructional — the act or art of constructing.