15-letter words containing a, e, o, l, t
- calendarization — the process of calendarizing
- call into being — to create
- call-out charge — a set amount charged for a repairman to come to one's house, or to a broken-down vehicle, which is added to the cost of the actual repair
- camelot library — (library)
- camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
- cannonball tree — a South American tree, Couroupita guianensis, bearing round, woody-husked fruit whose shells are used to make containers and utensils.
- cannot help but — to be unable to do anything else except
- capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
- carpometacarpal — Anatomy. of or relating to the carpus and the metacarpus.
- cast a spell on — to put into, or as into, a trance
- castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
- categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
- category killer — a person, product, or business that dominates a particular market
- cathedral choir — the choir, traditionally consisting of boys and men, that sings in cathedral services
- cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
- celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
- celo-navigation — celestial navigation.
- central locking — a system by which all the doors of a motor vehicle can be locked simultaneously when the driver's door is locked
- centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
- cephalochordate — any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; lancelet
- cephalohematoma — A hemorrhage of blood between the skull and periosteum of a newborn baby secondary to rupture of blood vessels crossing the periosteum.
- cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
- cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
- cerebral cortex — the outermost layer of the cerebrum that is the locus of higher brain processes
- chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
- charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
- charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
- charlotte russe — a cold dessert made in a mould with sponge fingers enclosing a mixture of whipped cream, custard, etc
- charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
- chelsea tractor — a four-by-four
- chemical toilet — a toilet in which waste is treated with chemicals
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- chloral hydrate — a colourless crystalline soluble solid produced by the reaction of chloral with water and used as a sedative and hypnotic; 2,2,2-trichloro-1,1-ethanediol. Formula: CCl3CH(OH)2
- chocolate brown — a dark brown
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- cleptoparasites — Plural form of cleptoparasite.
- climate control — air conditioning in a building or vehicle
- 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.
- coast artillery — artillery used for defending coastal areas.
- cocktail lounge — A cocktail lounge is a room in a hotel, restaurant, or club where you can buy alcoholic drinks.
- cocktail shaker — a container in which cocktails are mixed
- coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
- cold-water flat — (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating.