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14-letter words containing d, l, s

  • calculatedness — the state of being calculated
  • caller display — a facility which shows the number of an incoming call
  • cambridge lisp — A flavour of Lisp using BCPL. Sources owned by Fitznorman partners.
  • camelopardalis — a N constellation between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia; the Giraffe
  • canada thistle — a prickly European weed (Cirsium arvense) of the composite family, with heads of purplish flowers and wavy leaves: now common as a fast-spreading, injurious weed throughout the N U.S.
  • canary islands — a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the NW coast of Africa, forming an Autonomous Community of Spain. Capital: Las Palmas. Pop: 1 944 700 (2003 est)
  • candlesnuffers — Plural form of candlesnuffer.
  • cardiac muscle — a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
  • cardiovascular — of the heart and the blood vessels as a unified body system
  • carousel fraud — the practice of importing goods from a country where they are not subject to VAT, selling them with VAT added, then deliberately not paying the VAT to the government
  • casserole dish — cooking pot for oven or hob
  • cayman islands — three coral islands in the Caribbean Sea northwest of Jamaica: a dependency of Jamaica until 1962, now a UK Overseas Territory. Capital: George Town. Pop: 53 737 (2013 est). Area: about 260 sq km (100 sq miles)
  • celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
  • celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
  • celiac disease — a chronic nutritional disorder, usually of young children, caused by faulty absorption of gluten in the intestines and characterized by diarrhea and malnutrition
  • charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
  • child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
  • children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
  • chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
  • choroid plexus — a multilobed vascular membrane, projecting into the cerebral ventricles, that secretes cerebrospinal fluid
  • clamshell door — Often, clamshell doors. a door consisting of two panels that spread open vertically, as those located on the underside of some cargo planes.
  • class schedule — In a school or college, a class schedule is a list that shows the times in the week at which particular subjects are taught. You can also refer to the range of subjects that a student learns or the classes that a teacher teaches as their class schedule.
  • clifford trust — a type of living trust set up for at least a 10-year period, during which the income goes to a beneficiary and after which the principal reverts to the grantor.
  • cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
  • closed circuit — a circuit without interruption, providing a continuous path through which a current can flow.
  • closed cornice — a slightly projecting wooden cornice composed of a frieze board and a crown molding without a soffit.
  • closed couplet — a couplet that concludes with an end-stopped line.
  • closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
  • closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
  • closed-circuit — A closed-circuit television or video system is one that operates within a limited area such as a building.
  • clouded sulfur — a sulfur butterfly, Colias philodice, having yellow wings with black edges and larvae that feed on clover and other legumes.
  • coated vesicle — a clathrin-covered vesicle that forms from the closure of a coated pit, engulfing the ligand-receptor complex in endocytosis.
  • cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
  • collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
  • colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
  • colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
  • commercialised — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
  • common soldier — a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
  • compusult ltd. — A computer consulting firm (in Newfoundland, Canada?) that provides a public access Unix.
  • conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • condensational — Of or pertaining to condensation.
  • condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
  • conductor loss — Conductor loss is loss occurring in a conductor due to the flow of current.
  • consolidations — Plural form of consolidation.
  • contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • controlledness — The degree to which something is controlled.
  • convolutedness — twisted; coiled.
  • coolheadedness — The state or characteristic of being coolheaded.
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
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