15-letter words containing s, e, c, t
- cathedral glass — a semitransparent sheet of rolled glass having a decorative pattern.
- catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
- cause of action — the facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law
- caustic surface — a surface that envelopes the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
- celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
- cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
- centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
- central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
- central reserve — the strip, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a motorway or dual carriageway
- central sudanic — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic, and including Mangbetu.
- centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point
- cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
- ceteris paribus — other things being equal
- cetti's warbler — a reddish-brown Eurasian warbler, Cettia cetti, with a distinctive song
- chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
- channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
- chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
- character space — a space in a computer file into which a character can be fitted or which can be left blank
- character study — a work of fiction in which the delineation of the central character's personality is more important than the plot.
- characteristick — Obsolete form of characteristic.
- characteristics — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
- charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
- charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
- charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
- charlotte russe — a cold dessert made in a mould with sponge fingers enclosing a mixture of whipped cream, custard, etc
- charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
- chelsea tractor — a four-by-four
- chemoautotrophs — Plural form of chemoautotroph.
- chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
- chest infection — a respiratory infection mainly affecting the chest
- chest protector — a protective pad worn over the chest by a catcher or umpire to shield the body from foul tips.
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
- chestnut bottle — an American glass bottle or flask of the 19th century, having slightly flattened sides.
- chi-square test — a test derived from the chi-square distribution to compare the goodness of fit of theoretical and observed frequency distributions or to compare nominal data derived from unmatched groups of subjects
- chicago heights — a city in NE Illinois, S of Chicago.
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- chicken nuggets — small pieces of chicken fried in batter
- chief assistant — the most important or top-ranking assistant to an official
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
- chief secretary — (in Britain) the second most senior Treasury post, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
- child restraint — a device used to protect a child in a motor vehicle
- child-resistant — that resists being opened, tampered with, or damaged by a child; childproof: a child-resistant medicine cabinet.
- chile saltpeter — sodium nitrate, esp. as found naturally in Chile and Peru
- chile saltpetre — a naturally occurring form of sodium nitrate: a soluble white or colourless mineral occurring in arid regions, esp in Chile and Peru
- chinese crested — a small dog of a Chinese breed having long slender legs and a hairless body with hair only on the feet, head, and tail
- chinese gelatin — agar (def 1).