14-letter words containing c, o, s, t, e, d
- spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
- split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
- spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- standard score — the test score of a participant expressed as the deviation of the score from the mean score of the sample in units of standard deviation.
- stock dividend — a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
- stockade fence — a fence of closely fitted vertical boards with pointed tops.
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- superconductor — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- to mend fences — If one country tries to mend fences with another, it tries to end a disagreement or quarrel with the other country. You can also say that two countries mend fences.
- to sb's credit — If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
- undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- video cassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
- volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
- xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis