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15-letter words containing s, o, n

  • chondrosarcomas — Plural form of chondrosarcoma.
  • chondroskeleton — the cartilaginous part of the skeleton of vertebrates
  • chopped almonds — almonds cut into small pieces
  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
  • chorioretinitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the choroid and retina of the eye.
  • 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
  • chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
  • church slavonic — Old Church Slavonic, esp as preserved in the liturgical use of the Orthodox church
  • circularisation — Alternative spelling of circularization.
  • circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
  • circumincession — the reciprocal existence within the three members of the Trinity
  • circumlocutions — Plural form of circumlocution.
  • circumscription — the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
  • circumvolutions — Plural form of circumvolution.
  • class inclusion — the relation between two classes in which all members of one class are included in the other, as in the proposition “All humans are animals.”.
  • class-conscious — Someone who is class-conscious is very aware of the differences between the various classes of people in society, and often has a strong feeling of belonging to a particular class.
  • classifications — Plural form of classification.
  • cloak-and-sword — (of a drama or work of fiction) dealing with characters who wear cloaks and swords; concerned with the customs and romance of the nobility in bygone times.
  • close communion — a communion service in which only members of the same denomination or the same church can participate.
  • 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 position — (in ballet, modern dance, and jazz dance) any position in which the feet touch each other.
  • closed sentence — a formula that contains no free occurrence of any variable
  • closed universe — (in cosmology) a hypothetical expanding universe that contains sufficient matter to reverse the observed expansion through its gravitational contraction.
  • closed-end fund — A closed-end fund is an investment with a limited number of shares that does not allow new investors.
  • closed-end loan — A closed-end loan is a loan such as an auto loan, with fixed terms, and where the money is lent all at once and paid back by a particular date.
  • cmu common lisp — (language)   (CMU CL) A public domain "industrial strength" Common Lisp programming environment. Many of the X3J13 changes have been incorporated into CMU CL. Wherever possible, this has been done so as to transparently allow use of either CLtL1 or proposed ANSI CL. Probably the new features most interesting to users are SETF functions, LOOP and the WITH-COMPILATION-UNIT macro. The new CMU CL compiler is called Python. Version 17c includes an incremental compiler, profiler, run-time support, documentation, an editor and a debugger. It runs under Mach on SPARC, MIPS and IBM PC RT and under SunOS on SPARC. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • coachwhip snake — a slender nonvenomous snake, Masticophis flagellum, of the US
  • coaling station — a port at which vessels can take on coal
  • coast mountains — a mountain range in Canada, on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Waddington, 4043 m (13 266 ft)
  • coconsciousness — the state or position of being coconscious
  • coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
  • coinstantaneity — the act of taking place at exactly the same moment
  • coinstantaneous — taking place at exactly the same moment
  • college station — a city in E central Texas.
  • college student — a student at a university or college
  • collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
  • colonial siding — siding composed of boards with parallel faces laid horizontally so that the upper overlaps the one below.
  • colonizationist — a person who is in favour of colonization
  • color blindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
  • colour contrast — the change in the appearance of a colour surrounded by another colour; for example, grey looks bluish if surrounded by yellow
  • colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
  • combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
  • combined forces — the forces of two or more countries, fighting together
  • combustibleness — The state or quality of being combustible.
  • combustion tube — a tube of heat-resistant glass, silica, or ceramic, in which a substance can be reduced, as in a combustion furnace
  • come to oneself — to recover one's senses
  • come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
  • come up smiling — to recover cheerfully from misfortune
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