15-letter words containing a, c, h, e, l
- unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
- unchallengeably — in a way that cannot be challenged; in an unchallengeable manner
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- unteachableness — the quality or condition of being unteachable
- urquhart castle — a castle near Drumnadrochit in Highland, Scotland: situated on Loch Ness
- vegetable patch — part of a garden used for growing vegetables
- venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
- vice chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
- vice-chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
- virtual machine — Also called system virtual machine. a self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer, with no access to the host operating system: When an application runs in a virtual machine, there is little chance that it will damage files or applications in the host system.
- walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
- watch the clock — If you are watching the clock, you keep looking to see what time it is, usually because you are bored by something and want it to end as soon as possible.
- wechsler scales — a group of intelligence tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) later revised (WAIS-R) the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) later revised (WISC-R) the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale, no longer used, all of which emphasize performance and verbal skills and give separate scores for subtests in vocabulary, arithmetic, memory span, assembly of objects, and other abilities.
- welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
- wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
- west palm beach — a city in SE Florida: winter resort.
- wheelchair user — a person who is unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relies on a wheelchair to move around
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- white chocolate — a chocolate-type product made of milk and sugar that are cooked together until highly condensed and then mixed with cocoa butter.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
- xerographically — In a xerographic way; by xerography.
- yucatán channel — a channel between W Cuba and the Yucatán peninsula
- zoogeographical — Pertaining to zoogeography.
- zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.