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15-letter words containing a, c, t, e, s

  • calculated risk — a chance of failure, the probability of which is estimated before some action is undertaken.
  • calliper splint — a splint consisting of two metal rods with straps attached, for supporting or exerting tension on the leg
  • camelback truss — a roof truss having upper and lower chords curving upward from a common point at each side.
  • canisterization — the process of putting (something) into a canister or canisters
  • cape finisterre — a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland
  • capital expense — A capital expense is the cost of acquiring or making improvements to fixed assets.
  • capital letters — a letter of the alphabet that usually differs from its corresponding lowercase letter in form and height, as A, B, Q, and R as distinguished from a, b, q, and r : used as the initial letter of a proper name, the first word of a sentence, etc.
  • car transporter — a vehicle for carrying automobiles
  • cardinal system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to their positions relative to navigational hazards.
  • carmarthenshire — a county of S Wales, formerly part of Dyfed (1974–96): on Carmarthen Bay, with the Cambrian Mountains in the N: generally agricultural (esp dairying). Administrative centre: Carmarthen. Pop: 176 000 (2003 est). Area: 2398 sq km (926 sq miles)
  • carpentersville — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • carpometacarpus — a bone in the wing of a bird that consists of the metacarpal bones and some of the carpal bones fused together
  • carry one's bat — (of an opening batsman) to reach the end of an innings without being dismissed
  • cartesian diver — a glass vessel partially filled with water and covered with an airtight membrane, containing a hollow object that is open at the bottom and contains just enough air to allow it to float. Pressing on the membrane compresses the air in the vessel and forces water into the object, causing it to sink; releasing the membrane causes it to rise.
  • cartesian doubt — willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.
  • cartesian plane — Usually, Cartesian coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates for locating a point on a plane (Cartesian plane) by its distance from each of two intersecting lines, or in space by its distance from each of three planes intersecting at a point.
  • cartesian space — ordinary two- or three-dimensional space.
  • cartier-bresson — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1908–2004, French photographer
  • cartridge brass — brass composed of about 70 percent copper and 30 percent zinc.
  • casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
  • cassette memory — a removable magnetic tape cartridge that stores data and programs.
  • cassette player — A cassette player is a machine that is used for playing cassettes and sometimes also recording them.
  • cast a spell on — to put into, or as into, a trance
  • cast a stone at — cast aspersions upon
  • cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
  • castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
  • castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
  • castellated nut — a nut that has indentations similar to battlements
  • casters-up mode — [IBM, probably from slang belly up] Yet another synonym for "broken" or "down". Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is "down" may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is "casters up" is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for fixing it).
  • castner process — a process for extracting sodium from sodium hydroxide, devised by Hamilton Young Castner (1858–98)
  • castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
  • categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
  • categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
  • categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
  • cathedral glass — a semitransparent sheet of rolled glass having a decorative pattern.
  • catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
  • cause of action — the facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law
  • caustic surface — a surface that envelopes the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
  • celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
  • centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
  • central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
  • central reserve — the strip, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a motorway or dual carriageway
  • central sudanic — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic, and including Mangbetu.
  • cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
  • ceteris paribus — other things being equal
  • cetti's warbler — a reddish-brown Eurasian warbler, Cettia cetti, with a distinctive song
  • chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
  • channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
  • chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
  • character space — a space in a computer file into which a character can be fitted or which can be left blank
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