14-letter words containing s, e, o, f
- 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
- chest of viols — a set of viols of different sizes, usually six in number, used in consorts
- chief of staff — The Chiefs of Staff are the most senior officers in each service of the armed forces.
- chief of state — the titular head of a nation, as a president or king.
- clerk of works — an employee who supervises building work in progress or the upkeep of existing buildings
- clouded sulfur — a sulfur butterfly, Colias philodice, having yellow wings with black edges and larvae that feed on clover and other legumes.
- 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
- code of ethics — an agreement on ethical standards for a profession or business
- coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
- coffee service — a set of china consisting of coffee cups and saucers, a pot, milk jug, and sugar bowl
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- come in useful — If an object or skill comes in useful, it can help you achieve something in a particular situation.
- come off worst — to enjoy the least benefit from an issue or be defeated in it
- commission fee — a fee paid to auctioneers, salespeople, etc, for their services
- compass rafter — a rafter cut to a curve on one or both edges.
- confederations — Plural form of confederation.
- confessionally — in a confessional manner
- coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
- 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.
- coriolis force — a fictitious force used to explain a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the earth when observed from the earth. The deflection (Coriolis effect) is due to the earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole
- cosi fan tutte — a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- cost-effective — Something that is cost-effective saves or makes a lot of money in comparison with the costs involved.
- cost-efficient — cost-effective.
- counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
- crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
- cross software — Software developed on one kind of computer for use on another (usually because the other computer does not have itself adequate facilities for software development).
- crossreference — Alternative form of cross-reference.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- defence forces — the armed services of a country
- defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- diffeomorphism — a differentiable homeomorphism.
- diffuse-porous — having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
- diffusion line — a range of clothes made by a top fashion designer for a high-street retailer
- disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- disforestation — Archaic form of deforestation.
- disinfestation — The act or process of disinfesting.
- disneyfication — to create or alter in a simplified, sentimentalized, or contrived form or manner: museums that have become Disneyfied to attract more visitors.
- do one's stuff — If you do your stuff, you perform an activity in the way that people expect.
- do wonders for — to make a remarkable improvement in
- do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
- domestic staff — servants
- duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
- earl of surrey — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.