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

  • chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
  • chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
  • cholangiography — radiographic examination of the bile ducts after the introduction into them of a contrast medium
  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • chorale prelude — a composition for organ using a chorale as a cantus firmus or as the basis for variations
  • chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
  • chromoxylograph — a coloured print created from printing with wooden blocks
  • ciliary process — one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.
  • claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
  • cleptoparasites — Plural form of cleptoparasite.
  • clouded leopard — a feline, Neofelis nebulosa, of SE Asia and Indonesia with a yellowish-brown coat marked with darker spots and blotches
  • colourpoint cat — a cat with increased pigmentation of cooler points of the body, such as ears, feet, tail, nose, and scrotum (in males)
  • compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
  • complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
  • complementarily — In a complementary manner.
  • complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
  • complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • compromise rail — a rail for linking rails having different sections.
  • compromissorial — Relating to compromise.
  • contrapropeller — one of two propellers, usually attached to a ship or aircraft, which rotates in the opposite direction to the other
  • control program — (operating system)   (CP) The component of IBM's Virtual Machine (VM) that provides "guest support" for operating systems that run on IBM mainframe compatible processors. Cp does this by providing a seamless emulation of privileged functions in the problem program environment.
  • copper sulphate — a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4
  • corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
  • corpora callosa — corpus callosum
  • corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
  • corpus callosum — the band of white fibres that connects the cerebral hemispheres in mammals
  • counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
  • counterproposal — a proposal offered as an alternative to a previous proposal
  • couples therapy — a counseling procedure that attempts to improve the adaptation and adjustment of two people who form a conjugal unit.
  • court of appeal — A Court of Appeal is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
  • cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
  • cricopharyngeal — of, relating to, or involving the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx.
  • critical period — a period in a lifetime during which a specific stage of development usually occurs. If it fails to do so, it cannot readily occur afterwards
  • cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
  • crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
  • cryptographical — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • crystallography — the science concerned with the formation, properties, and structure of crystals
  • customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
  • cyclobenzaprine — A particular antidepressant generally prescribed as an analgesic and muscle relaxant.
  • cytotrophoblast — the thickened, inner part of the mammalian placenta nearest to the fetus, covering the chorion during early pregnancy
  • d. c. power lab — The former site of SAIL. This name was very funny because the obvious connection to electrical engineering was nonexistent - the lab was named after a Donald C. Power. Compare Marginal Hacks.
  • dadchelor party — a party primarily attended by men and held to honour and present gifts to a prospective father
  • demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
  • deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
  • egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
  • electra complex — the sexual attachment of a female child to her father
  • electra paradox — the supposed paradox that one may know something to be true of an object under one description but not another, as when Electra knew that Orestes was her brother but not that the man before her was her brother although he was Orestes. This shows the predicate "knows" to be intensional, that Electra's knowledge here is de dicto, and that the statement of it yields an opaque context
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