14-letter words containing i, s, o, l
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
- 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.
- climatologists — Plural form of climatologist.
- climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- close position — an arrangement of a chord that has the three upper voices close together
- 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 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.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
- coast live oak — California live oak.
- coated vesicle — a clathrin-covered vesicle that forms from the closure of a coated pit, engulfing the ligand-receptor complex in endocytosis.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- 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.
- cocktail glass — a glass for serving cocktails, typically bell-shaped and having a foot and a stem.
- cocktail sauce — any of various sauces served with a seafood cocktail, typically one consisting of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and seasonings.
- cocktail stick — a small pointed stick used for holding cherries, olives, etc, in cocktails, and for serving snacks, such as small sausages
- coeliac plexus — the network of sympathetic nerves situated behind the stomach that supply the abdominal organs
- cognoscibility — capable of being known.
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
- collapsibility — (uncountable) The condition of being collapsible (or collapsable).
- collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
- collectiveness — The state or quality of being collective.
- collectivistic — the political principle of centralized social and economic control, especially of all means of production.
- collectivities — Plural form of collectivity.
- colliquescence — the potential for turning to liquid
- colloquialisms — Plural form of colloquialism.
- colloquialness — The state or quality of being colloquial.
- colon bacillus — coliform bacillus.
- colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- coloristically — In terms of, or in relation to, color; in a coloristic way.
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- combustibility — capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable: Gasoline vapor is highly combustible.
- come in useful — If an object or skill comes in useful, it can help you achieve something in a particular situation.
- comma bacillus — a comma-shaped bacterium, Vibrio comma, that causes cholera in man: family Spirillaceae
- commercialised — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- commercialises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commercialise.
- commercializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commercialize.
- commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.