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14-letter words containing o, t, s

  • broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
  • broken consort — a musical ensemble with instruments of different types or families, as string and woodwind, especially for Renaissance music.
  • broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
  • bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
  • bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
  • brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
  • brown stem rot — a disease of soybeans, characterized by brown discoloration and decay of internal tissues of the stem and leaf, caused by a fungus, Cephalosporium gregatum.
  • brown thrasher — a common large songbird, Toxostoma rufum, of the eastern U.S., having reddish-brown plumage.
  • brownie points — a credit toward advancement or good standing gained especially by currying favor.
  • brushed cotton — cotton fabric that is brushed to remove excess lint and fibres to leave a soft, smooth finish
  • builder's knot — clove hitch
  • bulk transport — the transport of large quantities of goods or commodities in lorries, ships, or by rail
  • bull's-eye rot — a disease of apples and pears, characterized by sunken, eyelike spots on the fruit and twig cankers, caused by any of several fungi, especially of the genus Neofabraea.
  • bursting point — the point at which normal capacity is exceeded.
  • bust one's ass — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
  • butcher's shop — a shop dedicated to the selling of meat
  • by a long shot — People sometimes use the expression by a long shot to emphasize the opinion they are giving.
  • cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
  • call the shots — The person who calls the shots is in a position to tell others what to do.
  • caloosahatchee — a river in S Florida, flowing W to the Gulf of Mexico near Fort Myers. 75 miles (121 km) long.
  • campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
  • campylotropous — (of an ovule) curved so that the micropyle and funiculus almost touch
  • cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
  • capitalisation — The act or process of capitalising.
  • caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
  • carcinomatosis — a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • cartoonishness — The state or condition of being cartoonish.
  • casement cloth — a sheer fabric made of a variety of fibers, used for window curtains and as backing for heavy drapery or decorative fabrics.
  • castelo branco — Humberto de Alencar [oon-ber-too di ah-len-kahr] /ũˈbɛr tʊ dɪ ɑ lɛ̃ˈkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1900–67, Brazilian general and statesman: president 1964–67.
  • castle shannon — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
  • castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
  • castrop-rauxel — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 78 208 (2003 est)
  • casual contact — the level of contact at which a person is not subject to contracting a communicable disease from another, especially nonsexual contact with a person infected with a venereal disease.
  • catastrophical — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
  • catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
  • catch sight of — to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
  • categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
  • caustic potash — potassium hydroxide
  • cavalier poets — a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
  • celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
  • celestial pole — either of the two points at which the earth's axis, extended to infinity, would intersect the celestial sphere
  • censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
  • center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
  • central powers — (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
  • centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
  • centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
  • cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
  • certifications — Plural form of certification.
  • chapel of rest — a room in an undertaker's place of business where bodies are laid out in their coffins to be viewed before the funeral
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