14-letter words containing si
- contrapositive — placed opposite or against
- conversion van — a van for utility use that has been customized with a luxury interior
- convulsiveness — The state or quality of being convulsive.
- coronary sinus — a large venous channel in the heart wall that receives blood via the coronary veins and empties into the right atrium.
- cosi fan tutte — a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- countersigning — Present participle of countersign.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- country cousin — If you refer to someone as a country cousin, you think that they are unsophisticated because they come from the country.
- country singer — a singer of country and western music
- cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- crossing point — a place where people cross a road, border, or river
- cruise missile — A cruise missile is a missile which carries a nuclear warhead and which is guided by a computer.
- cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
- cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
- cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
- cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
- cryptococcosis — a disease affecting both animals and humans caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans fungus
- curiosity shop — a shop selling unusual items and curios
- cyclosilicates — Plural form of cyclosilicate.
- cystolithiasis — a medical condition caused by the formation of a calculus in the bladder
- de-designation — an act of designating.
- dead president — a banknote
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
- decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
- declassifiable — Suitable to be declassified.
- decommissioned — to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
- decommissioner — a person who decommissions a ship, nuclear reactor, etc
- defect density — (programming) The ratio of the number of defects to program length.
- defensive back — a defender positioned off the line of scrimmage for the purpose of covering pass receivers and tackling runners who elude linemen and linebackers.
- demand deposit — a bank deposit from which withdrawals may be made without notice
- demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
- deoxyadenosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to adenosine.
- deoxyguanosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to guanosine.
- depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
- depressiveness — The state of being depressive.
- dermatomycosis — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
- design pattern — (programming) A description of an object-oriented design technique which names, abstracts and identifies aspects of a design structure that are useful for creating an object-oriented design. The design pattern identifies classes and instances, their roles, collaborations and responsibilities. Each design pattern focuses on a particular object-oriented design problem or issue. It describes when it applies, whether it can be applied in the presence of other design constraints, and the consequences and trade-offs of its use.
- desirelessness — Absence of desire.
- diadokokinesia — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- diadokokinesis — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- dideoxyinosine — A drug that inhibits the replication of HIV and is used in the treatment of AIDS, especially in combination with zidovudine. It is a synthetic analog of a purine nucleoside.
- diffusion line — a range of clothes made by a top fashion designer for a high-street retailer
- digressiveness — The quality or state of being digressive.
- dimensionality — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- direct deposit — a plan in which salaries or other payments are transferred by the paying agency directly to the accounts of the recipients.