14-letter words containing s, i, n, o, r
- 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
- chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
- christ's thorn — a thorny euphorbiaceous Madagascan shrub, Euphorbia milii var. splendens, cultivated as a hedging shrub or pot plant, having flowers with scarlet bracts
- christ's-thorn — any of certain Old World thorny shrubs or small trees supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns, as the Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi, or the jujube, Ziziphus jujuba.
- christocentric — having as the theological focal point the teachings and practices of Jesus Christ.
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
- chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
- chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
- circuitousness — The state of being circuitous.
- circumposition — the act of circumposing
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- clarifications — Plural form of clarification.
- 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.
- climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- closed cornice — a slightly projecting wooden cornice composed of a frieze board and a crown molding without a soffit.
- co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
- co-conspirator — a fellow conspirator; associate or collaborator in a conspiracy.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cochairmanship — the position of being one of the two chairmen of an organization
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- coconspirators — Plural form of coconspirator.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
- commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
- commissionaire — a uniformed doorman at a hotel, theatre, etc
- common divisor — a number that is a submultiple of all the numbers of a given set.
- common soldier — a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
- communitarians — Plural form of communitarian.
- companion star — companion1 (def 6).
- composing room — the room in a printing establishment in which type is set
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- comprehensions — Plural form of comprehension.
- comprehensives — Plural form of comprehensive.
- compromisation — The act of compromising.
- compromisingly — In a compromising manner.