16-letter words containing a, c, u, s, l, i
- chauvinistically — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- chilean firebush — South American shrub with scarlet flowers
- chuvash republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga valley: generally low-lying with undulating plains and large areas of forest. Capital: Cheboksary. Pop: 1 313 900 (2002). Area: 18 300 sq km (7064 sq miles)
- circuit calculus — (CIRCAL) A process algebra used to model and verify the design correctness of concurrent systems such as digital logic.
- circular measure — the measurement of an angle in radians
- circular sailing — a method of navigation in which the curvature of the earth is taken into consideration.
- circumstantially — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
- clbuttic mistake — the humorous effect created by anti-obscenity filters that automatically replace offensive words in online articles with more acceptable variants
- cleansing tissue — a small piece of absorbent paper, used especially for removing cleansing cream and cosmetics and also serving as a disposable handkerchief.
- cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
- cloistered vault — a vault having the form of a number of intersecting coves.
- closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
- cluster variable — RR Lyrae star.
- cochineal cactus — a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect.
- cocktail sausage — a small sausage served with drinks
- columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- communicableness — The state or quality of being communicable.
- consanguineously — In a consanguineous fashion; by blood relationship.
- consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
- consequentialism — the doctrine that an action is right or wrong according as its consequences are good or bad
- consequentialist — the theory that human actions derive their moral worth solely from their outcomes or consequences.
- consequentiality — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- constitutionally — in composition or physique
- constructability — Alternative form of constructibility.
- constructionally — In a constructional manner.
- corona australis — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere between Ara and Pavo
- coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
- council of state — a council that deliberates on high-level policies of a government.
- criminal assault — a punishable offence of attempting to harm another person through physical contact
- criminal justice — the system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, used for all stages of criminal proceedings and punishment.
- cross-curricular — denoting or relating to an approach to a topic that includes contributions from several different disciplines and viewpoints
- curlew sandpiper — a common Eurasian sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea, having a brick-red breeding plumage and a greyish winter plumage
- dental insurance — Dental insurance is insurance that pays for treatment by a dentist.
- diesel-hydraulic — a locomotive driven by a diesel engine through hydraulic transmission and torque converters
- discombobulating — Present participle of discombobulate.
- discombobulation — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- disqualification — an act or instance of disqualifying.
- distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
- divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
- dual citizenship — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
- duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
- dysfunctionality — (uncountable) The condition of being dysfunctional.
- electroacoustics — a branch of acoustics that deals with the conversion of sound into electricity and vice versa, as in a microphone or a speaker
- enthusiastically — In an enthusiastic manner.
- episcopal church — an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US
- exclusion clause — (in a contract) something that serves to limit liabilities
- exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
- family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
- fluosilicic acid — an unstable acid, H 2 SiF 6 , known only in its colorless, poisonous, fuming aqueous solution or in the form of its salts: used chiefly as a wood preservative, a disinfectant, and as a hardening agent in the manufacture of ceramic ware, cement, and concrete.