15-letter words containing a, c, l, e, p
- acanthocephalan — any of the parasitic wormlike invertebrates of the phylum Acanthocephala, the adults of which have a spiny proboscis and live in the intestines of vertebrates
- accomplishments — Plural form of accomplishment.
- accordion pleat — one of a series of narrow, evenly spaced parallel pleats with alternating raised and recessed folds set into cloth or other material, usually by a commercial pleating machine.
- account payable — a current liability account showing amounts payable by a firm to suppliers for purchases of materials, stocks, or services on credit
- acyclic terpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- adygei republic — a constituent republic of SW Russia, bordering on the Caucasus Mountains: chiefly agricultural but with some mineral resources. Capital: Maikop. Pop: 447 000 (2002). Area: 7600 sq km (2934 sq miles)
- aeroplane cloth — a strong fabric made from cotton, linen, and nylon yarns, used for some light aircraft fuselages and wings
- aix-la-chapelle — Aachen
- alaska purchase — purchase of the territory of Alaska by the U.S. from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. Compare Seward's Folly.
- alberta clipper — (in Canada) an area of low pressure that forms in winter near the Rocky Mountains
- all mockered up — dressed up
- allyl mercaptan — a colorless liquid, C 3 H 6 S, having a strong, garlicky odor, used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.
- alopecia areata — loss of hair in circumscribed patches.
- alpha-cellulose — a refined, insoluble form of cellulose derived from cotton or wood pulp, and used in manufacturing
- alpine accentor — a small bird of the sparrow family, Prunella collaris, found especially in mountain regions of S Europe and Asia
- alpine combined — a competition for Alpine skiers in a combination of downhill and slalom races, the winner having the highest total score.
- amphitheatrical — Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
- analog computer — a mechanical, electrical, or electronic computer that performs arithmetical operations by using some variable physical quantity, such as mechanical movement or voltage, to represent numbers
- anamorphic lens — a component in the optical system of a film projector for converting standard 35mm film images into wide-screen format
- aneroid capsule — a box or chamber of thin metal, partially exhausted of air, used in the aneroid barometer and pressure altimeter.
- annular eclipse — an eclipse of the sun in which the moon does not cover the entire disc of the sun, so that a ring of sunlight surrounds the shadow of the moon
- antarctic plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising Antarctica and adjacent ocean basins (the South Indian, Southeast Pacific, and Atlantic-Indian basins) and bounded on the north by the Nazca, South American, African, Indo-Australian, and Pacific plates.
- anti-republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- antiperistaltic — reversed peristaltic action of the intestines, by which their contents are carried upward.
- antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
- antispeculative — opposed to or acting against speculation
- apartment block — building: flats, apartments
- apical meristem — meristem at the apex of a root or shoot.
- aplastic anemia — a form of anemia resulting from a failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate quantities of the essential blood components, including leukocytes and platelets
- apollo computer — (company) A company making workstations often used for CAD. From 1980 to 1987, Apollo were the largest manufacturer of network workstations. Apollo workstations ran Aegis, a proprietary operating system with a Posix-compliant Unix alternative frontend. Apollo's networking was particularly elegant, among the first to allow demand paging over the network, and allowing a degree of network transparency and low sysadmin-to-machine ratio that is still unmatched. Apollo's largest customers were Mentor Graphics (electronic design), GM, Ford, Chrysler, and Boeing (mechanical design). Apollo was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1989, and gradually closed down over the period 1990-1997.
- apostle pitcher — a stoneware pitcher decorated in relief with figures of the apostles.
- apostles' creed — a concise statement of Christian beliefs dating from about 500 ad, traditionally ascribed to the Apostles
- apostolicalness — The state or quality of being apostolical.
- appalachian tea — any of various plants, as withe rod, whose leaves were used locally for tea in pioneer times
- appellate court — In the United States, an appellate court is a special court where people who have been convicted of a crime can appeal against their conviction.
- appendicularian — of or relating to a family of molluscs (Appendicularia) characterized by their long tail appendages
- apple macintosh — Macintosh
- applesoft basic — (language) A version of BASIC for Apple computers.
- approved school — In Britain in the past, an approved school was a boarding school where young people could be sent to stay if they had been found guilty of a crime.
- archibald prize — an annual prize awarded by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales since 1921, for outstanding contributions to art, letters, science, and politics
- asclepiadaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, a family of mostly tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including the milkweed and swallowwort, having pollen in the form of a waxy mass (pollinium): now usually regarded as a subfamily of the Apocynaceae
- athletic sports — sports, esp track and field events, in which athleticism is required
- atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- audience appeal — the quality of being attractive to an audience
- back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
- banana republic — Small, poor countries that are politically unstable are sometimes referred to as banana republics.
- black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
- black raspberry — a plant, Rubus occidentalis, of E North America, that has black berry-like fruits
- black september — a Palestinian Terrorist group, responsible for the assassinations of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games at Munich in 1972
- bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
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