15-letter words containing c, o, s, i
- anfractuosities — Plural form of anfractuosity.
- angina pectoris — a sudden intense pain in the chest, often accompanied by feelings of suffocation, caused by momentary lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
- anisotropically — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
- anne hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
- anomalistically — In an anomalistic manner; with irregularity.
- anthropometrics — the science of measuring the size and proportions of the human body (called anthropometry), especially as applied to the design of furniture and machines.
- anthropopsychic — the attribution of consciousness to divine beings and nature
- anti-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
- anti-conformist — a person who conforms, especially unquestioningly, to the usual practices or standards of a group, society, etc.
- anti-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- antiaphrodisiac — something that represses sexual desire
- antiaristocracy — Opposed to the aristocracy.
- anticarcinogens — Plural form of anticarcinogen.
- anticholesterol — an agent which acts against cholesterol, either as an antibody produced naturally by many mammals or in the form of a drug
- anticolonialism — the opposition to colonialism
- anticolonialist — a person who is opposed to colonialism
- anticonvulsants — Plural form of anticonvulsant.
- antiforeclosure — opposed to the process of foreclosure
- antilock brakes — brakes fitted to some road vehicles that prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antiromanticism — the opposition to romanticism
- antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
- antituberculous — (medicine) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis.
- antivivisection — opposed to the act or practice or performing experiments on living animals, involving cutting into or dissecting the body
- aortic stenosis — abnormal narrowing of the aorta, especially of its orifice, usually as a result of rheumatic fever or embryologic anomalies.
- apostle pitcher — a stoneware pitcher decorated in relief with figures of the apostles.
- apostolic vicar — vicar apostolic.
- apostolicalness — The state or quality of being apostolical.
- apostrophically — (rhetoric) Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue.
- apple macintosh — Macintosh
- applesoft basic — (language) A version of BASIC for Apple computers.
- approach lights — lights on the runway that guide planes coming in to land
- archaeobotanist — A person engaged in archaeobotany.
- archiepiscopacy — a form of church government in which power is vested in archbishops.
- archiepiscopate — the rank, office, or term of office of an archbishop
- arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
- army air forces — a unit comprising almost all aviation, with its personnel, equipment, etc.: it became part of the Air Force on July 26, 1947.
- articles of war — the disciplinary and legal procedures by which the naval and military forces of Great Britain were bound before the 19th century
- ascending colon — the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs.
- asclepiadaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, a family of mostly tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including the milkweed and swallowwort, having pollen in the form of a waxy mass (pollinium): now usually regarded as a subfamily of the Apocynaceae
- asiago (cheese) — a hard, dry, sharply flavored cheese originally of N Italy
- asiatic cholera — cholera (def 1).
- assign a policy — If you assign a policy, you transfer legal ownership of an insurance policy to another person.
- association law — any law governing the association of ideas
- astrodynamicist — a person who studies astrodynamics
- astronautically — In an astronautic way.
- astrophysically — from an astrophysical point of view
- astrophysicists — Plural form of astrophysicist.
- at short notice — Notice is used in expressions such as 'at short notice', 'at a moment's notice' or 'at twenty-four hours' notice', to indicate that something can or must be done within a short period of time.
- at your service — You can use 'at your service' after your name as a formal way of introducing yourself to someone and saying that you are willing to help them in any way you can.
- atherosclerosis — a degenerative disease of the arteries characterized by patchy thickening of the inner lining of the arterial walls, caused by deposits of fatty material; a form of arteriosclerosis