14-letter words containing s, p, i, t
- breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
- british empire — (formerly) the United Kingdom and the territories under its control, which reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I when it embraced over a quarter of the world's population and more than a quarter of the world's land surface
- britney spears — beers
- bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
- brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
- brownie points — a credit toward advancement or good standing gained especially by currying favor.
- bumper sticker — A bumper sticker is a small piece of paper or plastic with words or pictures on it, designed for sticking onto the back of your car. It usually has a political, religious, or humorous message.
- bursting point — the point at which normal capacity is exceeded.
- campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
- capital assets — any assets, tangible or intangible, that are held for long-term investment
- capitalisation — The act or process of capitalising.
- captain's mast — a hearing conducted by the captain of a vessel into minor offences of the crew
- captain's pick — the selection by a team's captain of a player for that team, often a player who has not met criteria for automatic selection
- captain's walk — widow's walk
- carpet slipper — Carpet slippers are soft, comfortable slippers.
- catastrophical — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
- catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
- catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
- caustic potash — potassium hydroxide
- cavalier poets — a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
- celestial pole — either of the two points at which the earth's axis, extended to infinity, would intersect the celestial sphere
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
- chase pointers — (programming) To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
- chauvinist pig — a sexist man
- chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
- chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
- chest-thumping — the act or practice of boasting.
- chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
- circumposition — the act of circumposing
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- circumspective — given to or marked by circumspection; watchful; cautious: His behavior was circumspective.
- claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
- close position — an arrangement of a chord that has the three upper voices close together
- co-conspirator — a fellow conspirator; associate or collaborator in a conspiracy.
- coconspirators — Plural form of coconspirator.
- collapsibility — (uncountable) The condition of being collapsible (or collapsable).
- colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
- comma position — angulation (def 3).
- comma-position — an angular part, position, or formation.
- commandantship — the office of a commandant
- companion star — companion1 (def 6).
- compassionated — Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate.
- compatibilists — Plural form of compatibilist.
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.