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

  • costochondritis — (medicine) A benign inflammation of the costal cartilage, causing pain between the ribs.
  • cotton industry — the business of spinning and weaving cotton
  • coumarone resin — any of the group of thermosetting resins derived by the polymerization of mixtures of coumarone and indene: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints, varnishes, and printing inks.
  • council housing — houses or flats built or owned by a local council
  • counter-sinking — to enlarge the upper part of (a cavity), especially by chamfering, to receive the cone-shaped head of a screw, bolt, etc.
  • countercathexis — (psychology) The suppression or repression of mental energy.
  • counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
  • counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
  • counterinstance — an instance that refutes a theory
  • counterquestion — a question which acts as a reply to another question
  • countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
  • coureur de bois — a French Canadian woodsman or Métis who traded with Native Americans for furs
  • courier service — a special delivery service
  • court christian — ecclesiastical court.
  • court of claims — (in the US) a court that hears claims against the federal government
  • coxsackie virus — any of various viruses that occur in the intestinal tract of man and cause diseases, some of which resemble poliomyelitis
  • cracked gas oil — Cracked gas oil is a gas oil which is formed as one of the products of a gas reaction.
  • craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
  • crashworthiness — the ability of a vehicle structure to withstand a crash
  • cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
  • criminalisation — (chiefly, British) Alternative form of criminalization.
  • crimson rosella — an Australian parrot, Platycercus elegans, often kept as a cage bird
  • crisis software — A small UK company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers.
  • crisis theology — a neoorthodox theology, advocated by Karl Barth and others, emphasizing the absolute necessity of faith and divine revelation in transcending the personal crisis, common to all humankind, that arises from the contradictions inherent in human nature and in the social order.
  • crocodile tears — If someone is crying crocodile tears, their tears and sadness are not genuine or sincere.
  • crohn's disease — inflammation, thickening, and ulceration of any of various parts of the intestine, esp the ileum
  • cromolyn sodium — a substance, C 23 H 14 Na 2 O 11 , used as a preventive inhalant for bronchial asthma and hay fever.
  • croque-monsieur — a sandwich filled with ham and cheese, either dipped in egg batter or buttered on the outside, and toasted or grilled
  • cross-fertilize — to subject or be subjected to cross-fertilization
  • cross-ownership — ownership of two or more similar or related businesses, as communications media, especially in the same locality: to forbid cross-ownership of newspapers and TV or radio stations in the same city.
  • cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
  • crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
  • crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
  • crosslinguistic — relating to different languages
  • crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
  • crossreactivity — Alternative spelling of cross-reactivity.
  • crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
  • cryoanaesthesia — Alternative spelling of cryoanesthesia.
  • cryoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with the application of low-temperature behavior, especially superconductivity, to electronic devices.
  • cryptosporidium — any parasitic sporozoan protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, species of which are parasites of birds and animals and can be transmitted to humans, causing severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea (cryptosporidiosis)
  • cryptozoologist — an expert in cryptozoology
  • crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
  • crystallisation — (British) alternative spelling of crystallization.
  • crystallization — Crystallization is the process in which crystals are formed either from something that has been melted or from a solution.
  • csk corporation — (company)   The japanese company that owns CSK Software and Sega. CSK Corp. is the largest independent japanese software company.
  • cucumber mosaic — a viral disease of cucumbers and many other plants, characterized by a mosaic pattern and distortion of leaves and fruits.
  • cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
  • curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
  • curl one's hair — to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
  • cushion capital — a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
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