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15-letter words containing a, c, r, o, l, i

  • intercolonially — in an intercolonial manner
  • intercorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
  • interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
  • interjaculatory — expressed by interjaculating
  • interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
  • interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
  • intramyocardial — Into or within the myocardium.
  • introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
  • ionospherically — by the ionosphere
  • iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
  • irrationalistic — Of or relating to irrationalism.
  • irreconcileable — Alternative spelling of irreconcilable.
  • irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
  • irritable colon — any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. Abbreviation: IBS.
  • isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
  • isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
  • kailyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century.
  • kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
  • kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • lateran council — any of the five ecumenical councils (1123, 1139, 1179, 1215, 1512–17) held in the Lateran Palace.
  • latino-american — an American who is of Latin-American or Spanish origin
  • lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
  • lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
  • lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
  • limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
  • linear collider — a particle accelerator in which two beams of particles are made to collide
  • linear function — linear transformation.
  • lira da braccio — a many-stringed musical instrument of the 15th and 16th centuries, played with a bow and used for polyphonic improvisation.
  • lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
  • little colorado — a river flowing NW from E Arizona to the E edge of the Grand Canyon, where it flows into the Colorado River. 315 miles (507 km) long.
  • little corporal — (Napoleon Bonaparte"the Little Corporal") 1769–1821, French general born in Corsica: emperor of France 1804–15.
  • liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • local authority — council, local government
  • local is lekker — popular slogan promoting South African culture, produce, etc
  • locutionary act — the act of uttering a sentence considered only as such
  • logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
  • logical address — virtual address
  • long-grain rice — a type of rice that has long grains, rather than round grains
  • low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
  • lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
  • lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
  • macro-sociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • macroscopically — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
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