15-letter words containing s, o, c, i, p, a
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- ciliary process — one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
- cleptoparasites — Plural form of cleptoparasite.
- coachwhip snake — a slender nonvenomous snake, Masticophis flagellum, of the US
- colposcopically — by means of a colposcope or colposcopy
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- commission plan — (in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members
- common-isdn-api — Common ISDN Application Programming Interface
- communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
- company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
- 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
- comparison-shop — to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise.
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
- compatibilities — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- compositionally — in a compositional manner
- compotationship — the state of being a compotator or drinking companion
- compromise rail — a rail for linking rails having different sections.
- compromissorial — Relating to compromise.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- concert pianist — a person who earns a living from giving solo performances on the piano in front of audiences
- conservatorship — the legal status of a person appointed by a court to protect the interests of someone, such as a child, who is unable to manage his or her own affairs
- consumption tax — a tax, as a sales tax, levied on consumer goods or services at the time of sale.
- contrapositives — (logic) Plural form of contrapositive.
- cooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- copper arsenite — a yellowish-green, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, CuHAsO 3 , used chiefly as a pigment and as an insecticide.
- corpora striata — corpus striatum
- corpus striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter situated in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
- cosmopolitanism — free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
- cosmopolitanize — to make cosmopolitan.
- cost of capital — The cost of capital is how much it costs to borrow money with interest or issue securities to raise money.
- craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
- cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
- crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- csk corporation — (company) The japanese company that owns CSK Software and Sega. CSK Corp. is the largest independent japanese software company.
- cushion capital — a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
- cyanide process — a process for recovering gold and silver from ores by treatment with a weak solution of sodium cyanide
- cytoplasmically — by means of a cytoplasm
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
- decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.