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14-letter words containing o, e, a

  • ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
  • clacton-on-sea — a town on the North Sea coast in Essex, England.
  • 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.
  • clarendon code — four acts passed by the Cavalier Parliament between 1661 and 1665 to deal with the religious problems of the Restoration
  • claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
  • claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
  • cleaning woman — A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.
  • 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.
  • cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
  • cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
  • clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
  • clock repairer — a person who mends clocks, watches, etc
  • cloister garth — garth (def 1).
  • close quarters — a narrow cramped space or position
  • 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
  • clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
  • clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
  • clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
  • co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
  • co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • 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)
  • coach operator — a company that operates a business involving the transport of passengers in coaches
  • coach transfer — a short journey by coach constituting part of a longer journey taken chiefly by a different mode of transport, esp a journey to or from an airport
  • coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
  • coast live oak — California live oak.
  • coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
  • coated vesicle — a clathrin-covered vesicle that forms from the closure of a coated pit, engulfing the ligand-receptor complex in endocytosis.
  • cocarcinogenic — of or relating to a cocarcinogen
  • cochlear nerve — the branch of the auditory nerve that connects with the cochlea and transmits impulses to the hearing center of the brain
  • 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 sauce — any of various sauces served with a seafood cocktail, typically one consisting of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and seasonings.
  • cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
  • coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
  • coeliac plexus — the network of sympathetic nerves situated behind the stomach that supply the abdominal organs
  • coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
  • coffee machine — a machine that makes coffee from ground coffee
  • coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
  • cognate object — a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
  • coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
  • coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
  • collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
  • collateralized — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralize.
  • colloquialness — The state or quality of being colloquial.
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