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15-letter words containing a, d, r, e

  • circumnavigated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate.
  • claims adjuster — A claims adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money a person making a claim should receive.
  • class president — the student president of a school or college class
  • clear the decks — to prepare for action, as by removing obstacles from a field of activity or combat
  • clearheadedness — The quality of being clearheaded.
  • closed fracture — simple fracture.
  • closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
  • closed traverse — a traverse ending at its point of origin.
  • clouded leopard — a feline, Neofelis nebulosa, of SE Asia and Indonesia with a yellowish-brown coat marked with darker spots and blotches
  • codetermination — joint participation of management and employees or employees' trade union representatives in some decisions
  • cognitive radio — a radio that can automatically alter frequency, power, modulation, etc, according to where it is located
  • cold-water flat — (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating.
  • coldwater-river — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
  • collared lizard — any of several species of long-tailed iguanid lizards of the genus Crotaphytus, of central and western U.S. and northern Mexico, usually having a collar of two black bands.
  • colorado beetle — a black-and-yellow beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, that is a serious pest of potatoes, feeding on the leaves: family Chrysomelidae
  • colorado desert — an arid region of SE California and NW Mexico, west of the Colorado River. Area: over 5000 sq km (2000 sq miles)
  • commercial code — a telegraphic code designed to convey a message with a minimum number of words and thereby reduce toll costs.
  • committal order — the document that commits someone to prison
  • commodity trade — trade in raw materials and food
  • common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
  • computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
  • comrade in arms — a fellow soldier.
  • comrade-in-arms — A comrade-in-arms is someone who has worked for the same cause or purpose as you and has shared the same difficulties and dangers.
  • concealed-carry — the practice of carrying a concealed gun or other weapon in public.
  • concession road — (esp in Ontario) one of a series of roads separating concessions in a township
  • confederate war — the American Civil War.
  • connected graph — (mathematics)   A graph such that there is a path between any pair of nodes (via zero or more other nodes). Thus if we start from any node and visit all nodes connected to it by a single edge, then all nodes connected to any of them, and so on, then we will eventually have visited every node in the connected graph.
  • consecratedness — the state of being consecrated
  • considerateness — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
  • consideratively — in a considerative manner
  • consumer demand — a measure of consumers' desire for a product or service based on its availability
  • contact address — an address where a person can be contacted
  • contract bridge — the most common variety of bridge, in which the declarer receives points counting towards game and rubber only for tricks he bids as well as makes, any overtricks receiving bonus points
  • contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
  • contraindicated — not advisable because of contraindications
  • contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
  • coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
  • coordinate bond — a type of covalent chemical bond in which both the shared electrons are provided by one of the atoms
  • cordillera real — a range of the Andes, in Bolivia. Highest peak, Illimani, 21,201 feet (6462 meters).
  • corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
  • coromandel work — lacquer work popular in England c1700 and marked by an incised design filled in with gold and color.
  • 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.
  • corrugated iron — a thin structural sheet made of iron or steel, formed with alternating ridges and troughs
  • could care less — feel(s) the least possible degree of interest, sympathy, etc.
  • counterattacked — Simple past tense and past participle of counterattack.
  • counterbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of counterbalance.
  • counterblockade — a retaliatory blockade
  • countermandable — able to be countermanded
  • coup de theatre — a dramatic turn of events, esp in a play
  • covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
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