15-letter words containing n, a, r, c, o, s
- charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chondrosarcomas — Plural form of chondrosarcoma.
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
- chromosome band — any of the transverse bands that appear on a chromosome after staining. The banding pattern is unique to each type of chromosome, allowing characterization
- chronic disease — long-term illness
- church slavonic — Old Church Slavonic, esp as preserved in the liturgical use of the Orthodox church
- circularisation — Alternative spelling of circularization.
- circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
- cloak-and-sword — (of a drama or work of fiction) dealing with characters who wear cloaks and swords; concerned with the customs and romance of the nobility in bygone times.
- closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
- coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
- colour contrast — the change in the appearance of a colour surrounded by another colour; for example, grey looks bluish if surrounded by yellow
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- commissionaires — Plural form of commissionaire.
- commissionnaire — Alternative form of commissionaire.
- common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
- communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
- company manners — rules of politeness that people, esp children, are supposed to observe in the presence of other people
- comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
- comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
- comparison-shop — to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- comrade in arms — a fellow soldier.
- comrade-in-arms — A comrade-in-arms is someone who has worked for the same cause or purpose as you and has shared the same difficulties and dangers.
- concert pianist — a person who earns a living from giving solo performances on the piano in front of audiences
- concession road — (esp in Ontario) one of a series of roads separating concessions in a township
- concessionaires — a person, group, or company to whom a concession has been granted, especially to operate a subsidiary business or service: a popcorn concessionaire at a baseball park.
- concrete syntax — (language, data) The syntax of a language including all the features visible in the source code such as parentheses and delimiters. The concrete syntax is used when parsing the program or other input, during which it is usually converted into some kind of abstract syntax tree (conforming to an abstract syntax). In communications, concrete syntax is called transfer syntax.
- confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
- confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
- congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
- consecratedness — the state of being consecrated
- conservationism — A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources.
- conservationist — A conservationist is someone who cares greatly about the conservation of the environment and who works to protect it.
- conservatorship — the legal status of a person appointed by a court to protect the interests of someone, such as a child, who is unable to manage his or her own affairs
- considerateness — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consideratively — in a considerative manner
- constant dollar — a dollar valued according to its purchasing power in an arbitrarily set year and then adjusted for price changes in other years so that real purchasing power can be compared by giving prices as they would presumably be in the base year.