14-letter words containing r, o, t, s, c
- cooperationist — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
- copper pyrites — chalcopyrite
- copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
- copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- coreligionists — Plural form of coreligionist.
- cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
- corpus christi — a festival in honour of the Eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- correspondents — Plural form of correspondent.
- corroborations — Plural form of corroboration.
- corticosteroid — any steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that affects carbohydrate, protein, and electrolyte metabolism, gonad function, and immune response
- corticosterone — a glucocorticoid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex. Formula: C21H30O4
- cosmochemistry — the study of the chemical composition of the celestial bodies
- cost the earth — to be very expensive
- costovertebral — (anatomy) Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra.
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- cotton stainer — any of various heteropterous insects of the genus Dysdercus: serious pests of cotton, piercing and staining the cotton bolls: family Pyrrhocoridae
- counter-thrust — to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
- counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
- counterassault — a counterattack
- counterattacks — Plural form of counterattack; Alternative spelling of counter-attacks.
- countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
- counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
- countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
- countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterpersons — Plural form of counterperson.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- counterprotest — a protest which opposes an existing protest
- counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- countersigning — Present participle of countersign.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
- countersubject — (in a fugue) the theme in one voice that accompanies the statement of the subject in another
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- country cousin — If you refer to someone as a country cousin, you think that they are unsophisticated because they come from the country.
- country singer — a singer of country and western music
- court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
- courtesy coach — a free coach
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- courtesy title — any of several titles having no legal significance, such as those borne by the children of peers
- credit history — a record of how promptly a person pays back loans, credits, etc, over time
- criminologists — Plural form of criminologist.
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.