14-letter words containing s, i, t, u
- commissurotomy — the incision of a band of commissures, especially of mitral fibers, to correct mitral stenosis.
- communications — the ways in which human beings communicate
- communitarians — Plural form of communitarian.
- computer virus — virus
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualise.
- conceptualists — Plural form of conceptualist.
- conceptualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize.
- concrete music — music consisting of an electronically modified montage of tape-recorded sounds
- concupiscently — In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence.
- conductivities — Plural form of conductivity.
- confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- conjugate axis — the axis of a hyperbola perpendicular to the transverse axis at a point equidistant from the foci.
- conjunctivitis — Conjunctivitis is an eye infection which causes the thin skin that covers the eye to become red.
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constituencies — Plural form of constituency.
- constitutional — Constitutional means relating to the constitution of a particular country or organization.
- constitutively — In a constitutive manner.
- constructional — the act or art of constructing.
- constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- constructivism — a movement in abstract art evolved in Russia after World War I, primarily by Naum Gabo, which explored the use of movement and machine-age materials in sculpture and had considerable influence on modern art and architecture
- constructivist — Fine Arts. a nonrepresentational style of art developed by a group of Russian artists principally in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by a severely formal organization of mass, volume, and space, and by the employment of modern industrial materials. Compare suprematism.
- consubstantial — (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
- consultatively — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
- contagiousness — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
- contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contextualises — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contextualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contextualize.
- contiguousness — The state or quality of being contiguous.
- contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
- contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
- contumeliously — insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
- coquettishness — The state or quality of being coquettish.
- corpus christi — a festival in honour of the Eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- cosi fan tutte — a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- cosmeceuticals — Plural form of cosmeceutical.
- cost-conscious — having an awareness of costs; careful about spending
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- council estate — a housing development built by a local council
- counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
- counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.