14-letter words containing i, c, e, r
- cislunar space — the region beyond the earth's atmosphere occurring between the earth and moon
- citronella oil — the yellow aromatic oil obtained from citronella grass, used in insect repellents, soaps, perfumes, etc
- citrus heights — a city in central California, near Sacramento.
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- civil engineer — A civil engineer is a person who plans, designs, and constructs roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings.
- civil marriage — a marriage performed by some official other than a clergyman
- clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
- clairsentience — The ability for a person to acquire psychic knowledge by means of feeling.
- clapper bridge — a primitive type of bridge in which planks or slabs of stone rest on piles of stones
- clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
- class interval — one of the intervals into which the range of a variable of a distribution is divided, esp one of the divisions of the base line of a bar chart or histogram
- claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
- clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
- cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land
- clincher-built — clinker-built (def 2).
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- clitoridectomy — the surgical removal of the clitoris: a form of female circumcision, esp practised as a religious or ethnic rite
- clive sinclair — (person) Sir Clive Sinclair (1939- ) The British inventor who pioneered the home microcomputer market in the early 1980s, with the introduction of low-cost, easy to use, 8-bit computers produced by his company, Sinclair Research. Sir Clive also invented and produced a variety of electronic devices from the 1960s to 1990s, including pocket calculators (he marketed the first pocket calculator in the world), radios and televisions. Perhaps he is most famous (or some might say notorious) for his range electric vehicles, especially the Sinclair C5, introduced in 1985. He has been a member of MENSA, the high IQ society, since 1962.
- clock repairer — a person who mends clocks, watches, etc
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- 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 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.
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- co-trimoxazole — an antibiotic consisting of a mixture of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (a sulfa drug): used esp to treat infections of the urinary tract and lungs (as in AIDS)
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cocarcinogenic — of or relating to a cocarcinogen
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- coercive force — a measure of the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material as expressed by the external magnetic field strength necessary to demagnetize it. Measured in amperes per metre
- coercive-force — the magnetic intensity needed to reduce to zero the magnetic flux density of a fully magnetized magnetic specimen or to demagnetize a magnet.
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- coffee grinder — A coffee grinder is a machine for grinding coffee beans.
- coffee morning — A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity.
- coffee service — a set of china consisting of coffee cups and saucers, a pot, milk jug, and sugar bowl
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.