15-letter words containing a, l, e, o, c, h
- neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- nonexchangeable — capable of being exchanged.
- nonhierarchical — Classified or arranged so that a group or person has the same authority as everyone else; not hierarchical.
- nonmathematical — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
- oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
- once in a while — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- ophthalmoscopes — Plural form of ophthalmoscope.
- orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
- organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- overhead locker — a locker situated above someone's seat for storing luggage, etc
- package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
- palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
- paleoencephalon — paleencephalon.
- paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
- paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
- paraheliotropic — (of leaves) turning away from light; sun-avoiding
- pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
- peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
- perchloric acid — a colorless, syrupy hygroscopic liquid, HClO 4 , an acid of chlorine containing one more oxygen atom than chloric acid: used chiefly as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
- perchloroethane — hexachloroethane.
- pheasant coucal — a brown and black, red-eyed Australian bird, Centropus phasianinus, with a pheasantlike tail.
- phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
- photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
- phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
- physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.
- phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- plain chocolate — dark eating chocolate
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- pleochroic halo — a dark-colored, microscopic ring around a minute radioactive particle in certain mineral crystals, used in estimating the age of the rocks containing these crystals
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- quiche lorraine — a quiche containing bits of bacon or ham and often cheese.
- radiochemically — by radiochemical means or methods; from a radiochemical perspective
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- research fellow — A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
- rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
- rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
- sailor's choice — any of various small percoid fishes of American coastal regions of the Atlantic, esp the grunt Haemulon parra and the pinfish