15-letter words containing a, c, e, l, r, n
- corona borealis — a small compact constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Boötes and Hercules
- correlativeness — The state or quality of being correlative.
- corynebacterial — relating to bacteria of the genus Corynebacterium
- costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
- council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held
- counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
- counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
- counterbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of counterbalance.
- counterbalances — Plural form of counterbalance.
- counterblockade — a retaliatory blockade
- counterclaimant — a claim made to offset another claim, especially one made by the defendant in a legal action.
- counterclaiming — Present participle of counterclaim.
- countercultural — of or relating to a counterculture
- countercyclical — having the effect of checking or reversing fluctuations in the national economy or the finances of a business
- counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
- counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- countermandable — able to be countermanded
- counterproposal — a proposal offered as an alternative to a previous proposal
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
- cradle snatcher — someone who marries or has an affair with a much younger person
- cranberry glass — reddish-pink transparent glassware first made in England and the U.S. in the mid-19th century.
- crestfallenness — the state of being crestfallen
- cricopharyngeal — of, relating to, or involving the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx.
- criminal damage — intentionally damaging property that belongs to someone else, including public property
- criminal lawyer — a lawyer who deals with criminal rather than civil cases
- criminal record — a list of a person's criminal convictions
- crimson rosella — an Australian parrot, Platycercus elegans, often kept as a cage bird
- critical region — that part of a statistical distribution in which the probability of a given hypothesis is less than the chosen significance level, so that the hypothesis would be rejected
- cross tolerance — the resistance to one or more effects of a substance because of tolerance to a pharmacologically similar substance: a cross-tolerance of some alcoholics to anesthetics.
- cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
- cross-tolerance — the resistance to one or more effects of a substance because of tolerance to a pharmacologically similar substance: a cross-tolerance of some alcoholics to anesthetics.
- crystal counter — an instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity of high-energy radiation, in which particles collide with a crystal and momentarily increase its conductivity
- crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
- crystal nucleus — the tiny crystal that forms at the onset of crystallization
- cultural cringe — the perception that one's own culture is inferior to that of another group or country
- culture jamming — a form of political and social activism which, by means of fake adverts, hoax news stories, pastiches of company logos and product labels, computer hacking, etc, draws attention to and at the same time subverts the power of the media, governments, and large corporations to control and distort the information that they give to the public in order to promote consumerism, militarism, etc
- culture pattern — a group of interrelated culture traits of some continuity.
- curl one's hair — to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
- current balance — an instrument for measuring electric currents, in which the magnetic force between two current-carrying coils is balanced against a weight.
- curtain lecture — a scolding or rebuke given in private, esp by a wife to her husband
- cyclobenzaprine — A particular antidepressant generally prescribed as an analgesic and muscle relaxant.
- cyclone furnace — a furnace burning liquid or pulverized fuel in a whirling air column.
- cylinder barrel — the metal casting containing a cylinder of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- decarboxylation — the removal or loss of a carboxyl group from an organic compound
- declare oneself — to state strongly one's opinion
- decriminalising — Present participle of decriminalise.
- decriminalizing — (rare) present participle of decriminalize To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.