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14-letter words containing s, n, i

  • class conflict — conflict between different social or economic classes
  • class interval — one of the intervals into which the range of a variable of a distribution is divided, esp one of the divisions of the base line of a bar chart or histogram
  • classification — A classification is a division or category in a system which divides things into groups or types.
  • 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.
  • cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
  • climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
  • clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
  • clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
  • clive sinclair — (person)   Sir Clive Sinclair (1939- ) The British inventor who pioneered the home microcomputer market in the early 1980s, with the introduction of low-cost, easy to use, 8-bit computers produced by his company, Sinclair Research. Sir Clive also invented and produced a variety of electronic devices from the 1960s to 1990s, including pocket calculators (he marketed the first pocket calculator in the world), radios and televisions. Perhaps he is most famous (or some might say notorious) for his range electric vehicles, especially the Sinclair C5, introduced in 1985. He has been a member of MENSA, the high IQ society, since 1962.
  • close position — an arrangement of a chord that has the three upper voices close together
  • closed cornice — a slightly projecting wooden cornice composed of a frieze board and a crown molding without a soffit.
  • closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
  • clustergeeking — (jargon)   /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
  • 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.
  • coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
  • coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
  • coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
  • coasting wagon — a toy wagon for children, often used for coasting down hills.
  • 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.
  • code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
  • cognoscibility — capable of being known.
  • coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
  • collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
  • collectiveness — The state or quality of being collective.
  • colliquescence — the potential for turning to liquid
  • colloquialness — The state or quality of being colloquial.
  • colon bacillus — coliform bacillus.
  • colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
  • 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
  • combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
  • come in useful — If an object or skill comes in useful, it can help you achieve something in a particular situation.
  • comma position — angulation (def 3).
  • comma-position — an angular part, position, or formation.
  • commandantship — the office of a commandant
  • 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.
  • commission fee — a fee paid to auctioneers, salespeople, etc, for their services
  • commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • commissionaire — a uniformed doorman at a hotel, theatre, etc
  • commodiousness — The state or quality of being commodious.
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