15-letter words containing c, o, s, y, a
- stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
- stokesay castle — a fortified manor house near Craven Arms in Shropshire: built in the 12th century, with a 16th-century gatehouse
- subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
- summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
- swiss army code — (programming, humour) Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
- sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
- syllogistically — of or relating to a syllogism.
- sympathetectomy — sympathectomy.
- sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- symptomatically — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- symptomological — relating to symptomology
- synecdochically — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- tammany society — a benevolent society founded in 1789, which later became Tammany Hall, the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county
- tertiary sector — The tertiary sector consists of industries which provide a service, such as transport and finance.
- transactionally — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- unix conspiracy — [ITS] According to a conspiracy theory long popular among ITS and TOPS-20 fans, Unix's growth is the result of a plot, hatched during the 1970s at Bell Labs, whose intent was to hobble AT&T's competitors by making them dependent upon a system whose future evolution was to be under AT&T's control. This would be accomplished by disseminating an operating system that is apparently inexpensive and easily portable, but also relatively unreliable and insecure (so as to require continuing upgrades from AT&T). This theory was lent a substantial impetus in 1984 by the paper referenced in the back door entry. In this view, Unix was designed to be one of the first computer viruses (see virus) - but a virus spread to computers indirectly by people and market forces, rather than directly through disks and networks. Adherents of this "Unix virus" theory like to cite the fact that the well-known quotation "Unix is snake oil" was uttered by DEC president Kenneth Olsen shortly before DEC began actively promoting its own family of Unix workstations. (Olsen now claims to have been misquoted.)
- urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- violinistically — in a violinistic manner
- voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
- yeast infection — candida: genital inflammation
- yin-yang school — a school of ancient Chinese philosophers who interpreted history in terms of the influence of the seasons and of five elements: earth, wood, metal, fire, and water.
- yorkshire chair — Derbyshire chair.
- youth orchestra — an orchestra that is made up of young musicians
- zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.