15-letter words containing s, e, r, o
- chinless wonder — a person, esp an upper-class one, lacking strength of character
- cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- chondroskeleton — the cartilaginous part of the skeleton of vertebrates
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- chorioretinitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the choroid and retina of the eye.
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- chromosome band — any of the transverse bands that appear on a chromosome after staining. The banding pattern is unique to each type of chromosome, allowing characterization
- chronic disease — long-term illness
- chudskoye ozero — Russian name of Peipus.
- cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
- ciliary process — one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.
- circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
- circumincession — the reciprocal existence within the three members of the Trinity
- clare of assisi — Saint. 1194–1253, Italian nun; founder of the Franciscan Order of Poor Clares. Feast day: Aug 11
- cleptoparasites — Plural form of cleptoparasite.
- closed fracture — simple fracture.
- closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
- closed traverse — a traverse ending at its point of origin.
- closed universe — (in cosmology) a hypothetical expanding universe that contains sufficient matter to reverse the observed expansion through its gravitational contraction.
- cluster college — a small residential college affiliated with a university but semi-independent and specializing in one field of study.
- coast artillery — artillery used for defending coastal areas.
- cocktail shaker — a container in which cocktails are mixed
- coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
- collected works — the works of a particular writer brought together into one volume or a set of volumes
- college of arms — any of several institutions in the United Kingdom having a royal charter to deal with matters of heraldry, grant armorial bearings, record and trace genealogies, etc
- color blindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- colorado desert — an arid region of SE California and NW Mexico, west of the Colorado River. Area: over 5000 sq km (2000 sq miles)
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- colour-reversal — (of film or photographic paper) designed to produce a positive image directly from a positive subject
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- combat trousers — Combat trousers are large, loose trousers with lots of pockets.
- combined forces — the forces of two or more countries, fighting together
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- commissionaires — Plural form of commissionaire.
- commissionnaire — Alternative form of commissionaire.
- committeeperson — a member of a committee.
- common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
- company manners — rules of politeness that people, esp children, are supposed to observe in the presence of other people
- comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
- comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complementizers — Plural form of complementizer.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- composite print — a photograph characterized by overlapping or juxtaposed images resulting from a multiple exposure or the combining of negatives (composite print)
- comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
- comprehensivize — to make (an educational system) comprehensive
- compressed slip — (networking) (CSLIP) VanJacobsen TCP header compression. A version of SLIP using compression. CSLIP has no effect on the data portion of the packet and has nothing to do with compression by modem. It does reduce the TCP header from 40 bytes to 7 bytes, a noticeable difference when doing telnet with lots of little packets. CSLIP has no effect on UDP, only TCP.
- compressibility — the ability to be compressed