14-letter words containing o, s, t, r
- chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
- chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
- child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
- chisholm trail — cattle trail from San Antonio, Tex., to Abilene, Kans.: important from 1865 until the 1880s
- cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
- chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
- choral society — an organization of amateur singers
- chrestomathies — Plural form of chrestomathy.
- christ's thorn — a thorny euphorbiaceous Madagascan shrub, Euphorbia milii var. splendens, cultivated as a hedging shrub or pot plant, having flowers with scarlet bracts
- christ's-thorn — any of certain Old World thorny shrubs or small trees supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns, as the Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi, or the jujube, Ziziphus jujuba.
- christmas rose — an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger, of S Europe and W Asia, with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowers
- christocentric — having as the theological focal point the teachings and practices of Jesus Christ.
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
- chromatophores — Plural form of chromatophore.
- chromium steel — a very hard alloy steel containing chromium
- chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
- circuitousness — The state of being circuitous.
- circumposition — the act of circumposing
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- clarifications — Plural form of clarification.
- classificatory — the act of classifying.
- claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- 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.
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- close juncture — continuity in the articulation of two successive sounds, as in the normal transition between sounds within a word; absence of juncture (opposed to open juncture). Compare juncture (def 7), open juncture, terminal juncture.
- close quarters — a narrow cramped space or position
- closed circuit — a circuit without interruption, providing a continuous path through which a current can flow.
- closed-circuit — A closed-circuit television or video system is one that operates within a limited area such as a building.
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- co-conspirator — a fellow conspirator; associate or collaborator in a conspiracy.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- co-respondents — men's two-coloured shoes, usually black and white or brown and white
- 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
- coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- coconspirators — Plural form of coconspirator.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
- collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.