15-letter words containing c, o, s, y, a
- city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- coast artillery — artillery used for defending coastal areas.
- coinstantaneity — the act of taking place at exactly the same moment
- collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
- colouristically — in a colouristic manner
- colposcopically — by means of a colposcope or colposcopy
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
- communistically — In a communistic manner.
- company manners — rules of politeness that people, esp children, are supposed to observe in the presence of other people
- company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compositionally — in a compositional manner
- concrete syntax — (language, data) The syntax of a language including all the features visible in the source code such as parentheses and delimiters. The concrete syntax is used when parsing the program or other input, during which it is usually converted into some kind of abstract syntax tree (conforming to an abstract syntax). In communications, concrete syntax is called transfer syntax.
- congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
- consentaneously — In a consentaneous manner.
- consequentially — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- consideratively — in a considerative manner
- controversially — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- cooley's anemia — a form of thalassemia characterized by severe anemia, growth retardation, etc. and usually resulting in death at an early age: the genes causing this condition are inherited from both parents
- coronary bypass — the surgical bypass of a narrowed or blocked coronary artery by grafting a section of a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the patient's body
- counterstrategy — a strategy designed to counter the effectiveness of another strategy or action
- couples therapy — a counseling procedure that attempts to improve the adaptation and adjustment of two people who form a conjugal unit.
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
- 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.
- cryoanaesthesia — Alternative spelling of cryoanesthesia.
- cryoprotectants — Plural form of cryoprotectant.
- crystal counter — an instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity of high-energy radiation, in which particles collide with a crystal and momentarily increase its conductivity
- 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.
- crystallography — the science concerned with the formation, properties, and structure of crystals
- curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
- cyanide process — a process for recovering gold and silver from ores by treatment with a weak solution of sodium cyanide
- cyclical stocks — shares which are highly sensitive to the business cycle and affected by the performance of the economy
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- cytoplasmically — by means of a cytoplasm
- cytotrophoblast — the thickened, inner part of the mammalian placenta nearest to the fetus, covering the chorion during early pregnancy
- decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
- decorated style — a 14th-century style of English architecture characterized by the ogee arch, geometrical tracery, and floral decoration
- demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
- discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- dissatisfactory — causing dissatisfaction; unsatisfactory: dissatisfactory service.
- dodecasyllables — Plural form of dodecasyllable.
- dynamic scoping — dynamic scope
- dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.