14-letter words containing i, r, u, s
- contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- corolliflorous — corollifloral
- coronary sinus — a large venous channel in the heart wall that receives blood via the coronary veins and empties into the right atrium.
- corpus christi — a festival in honour of the Eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
- corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.
- counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
- counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- countersigning — Present participle of countersign.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- country cousin — If you refer to someone as a country cousin, you think that they are unsophisticated because they come from the country.
- country singer — a singer of country and western music
- court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- courtesy title — any of several titles having no legal significance, such as those borne by the children of peers
- coxsackievirus — any of a group of enteroviruses that cause several diseases, as viral meningitis
- cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
- creatureliness — creatural.
- credit squeeze — the control of credit facilities as an instrument of economic policy, associated with restrictions on bank loans and overdrafts, raised interest rates, etc
- creeping jesus — an obsequious or servile person
- cross-multiply — to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
- cross-question — If you cross-question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- crucible steel — a high-quality steel made by melting wrought iron, charcoal, and other additives in a crucible
- cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
- cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
- cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
- cruise missile — A cruise missile is a missile which carries a nuclear warhead and which is guided by a computer.
- cruiserweights — Plural form of cruiserweight.
- cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
- cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
- cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
- crux australis — a small conspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere lying in the Milky Way near Centaurus. The four brightest stars form a cross the longer arm of which points to the south celestial pole
- cryptoporticus — a covered passage, as one underground, lighted on one side.
- crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- curiosity shop — a shop selling unusual items and curios