14-letter words containing s, e, c, i, o, n
- bioprospecting — searching for plant or animal species for use as a source of commercially exploitable products, such as medicinal drugs
- body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
- bowling crease — a line marked at the wicket, over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- brecknockshire — a historic county in S Wales, now part of Powys, Gwent, and Mid Glamorgan.
- breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
- broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
- bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
- cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
- calumniousness — Calumny.
- capriciousness — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- carcinogenesis — the development of cancerous cells from normal ones
- cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
- carnarvonshire — Caernarvon.
- cartoonishness — The state or condition of being cartoonish.
- castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
- categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
- cellini's halo — Heiligenschein.
- censoriousness — The state of being censorious.
- censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
- centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
- cephalosporins — Plural form of cephalosporin.
- certifications — Plural form of certification.
- chancellorship — The chancellorship is the position of chancellor. Someone's chancellorship is the period of time when they are chancellor.
- chase pointers — (programming) To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chemosynthesis — the formation of organic material by certain bacteria using energy derived from simple chemical reactions
- chemosynthetic — That utilizes chemosynthesis.
- china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
- chinese houses — a plant, Collinsia heterophylla, of the figwort family, native to California, having clusters of double-lipped purple and white flowers.
- chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
- 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
- chondrogenesis — the growth of cartilage
- christocentric — having as the theological focal point the teachings and practices of Jesus Christ.
- chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
- cinnamon sedge — an angler's name for a small caddis fly, Limnephilus lunatus, having pale hind wings, that frequents sluggish water
- cinnamon stone — essonite
- circuitousness — The state of being circuitous.
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- 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.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- close position — an arrangement of a chord that has the three upper voices close together
- closed cornice — a slightly projecting wooden cornice composed of a frieze board and a crown molding without a soffit.
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers