14-letter words containing c, u, t, e, s
- geolinguistics — the study of the geographical distribution of languages
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- guest services — Guest services at a hotel are the services, amenities and help that the hotel provides for its guests.
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- heterochromous — of different colors.
- heterochronous — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- horse chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- horse-chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- ice-cream suit — a man's lightweight summer suit of white or a finely striped or solid pastel color.
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
- in one's court — in one's side of the court, as a ball in a tennis game
- inaccurateness — The quality of being inaccurate.
- incautiousness — The quality of being incautious.
- incestuousness — The state or property of being incestuous.
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- inconsequentia — Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
- inconsequently — In an inconsequential way, or a way that suggests a lack of consequence.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- infectiousness — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- insular celtic — a partly geographical, partly genetic grouping of Celtic languages that consists of those spoken in the British Isles in ancient times and those descended from them.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
- interinsurance — reciprocal insurance.
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- interstructure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intussuscepted — Received into some other thing or part, like a sword into a sheath.
- irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
- lecture course — a series of lectures on a particular subject