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18-letter words containing a, l, n, t, i

  • classical sanskrit — Sanskrit of an ancient period earlier than that of the Prakrits and later than Vedic.
  • classified section — the part of a publication that contains classified advertising
  • clean as a whistle — If you describe something as clean as a whistle, you mean that it is completely clean.
  • clinical pathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the study of disease and disease processes by means of chemical, microscopic, and serologic examinations.
  • closed corporation — a corporation the stock of which is owned by a small number of persons and is rarely traded on the open market
  • clothing allowance — an amount of money to compensate for the purchase of clothes for work, school, etc
  • collagen injection — an injection of collagen into the lip in order to give it a fuller appearance
  • collection charges — the charges levied to cover expenses for the collection of debt
  • collision diameter — the distance between the centers of two colliding molecules when at their closest point of approach.
  • colloidal solution — a mixture having particles of one component, with diameters between 10 −7 and 10 −9 metres, suspended in a continuous phase of another component. The mixture has properties between those of a solution and a fine suspension
  • colonic irrigation — Colonic irrigation is a medical procedure in which a person's colon is washed by injecting water or other fluids into it.
  • commendation medal — a U.S. military decoration awarded for meritorious achievement or service
  • communication line — a line carrying communications
  • community hospital — (in the US) a local hospital
  • community language — a language spoken by members of a minority group or community within a majority language context
  • companion planting — the cultivation of different types of plants in close proximity so as to benefit each other, as planting a deer-repellent plant in a flower garden.
  • compartmentalizing — Present participle of compartmentalize.
  • complementarianism — The doctrine that genders in a society should have complementary roles.
  • concentration cell — a galvanic cell consisting of two electrodes of the same metal each in different concentrations of a solution of the same salt of that metal.
  • conceptual realism — the doctrine that universals have real and independent existence.
  • conceptualisations — Plural form of conceptualisation.
  • conceptualizations — Plural form of conceptualization.
  • concrete universal — a principle that necessarily has universal import but is also concrete by virtue of its arising in historical situations.
  • condensation trail — contrail.
  • conditional access — the encryption of television programme transmissions so that only authorized subscribers with suitable decoding apparatus may have access to them
  • conditionalization — the derivation from an argument of a conditional statement with the conjunction of the premises as antecedent and the conclusion as consequent. If the argument is valid, conditionalization yields a truth
  • congregationalists — a form of Protestant church government in which each local religious society is independent and self-governing.
  • conjugate solution — a system of liquids, each partially miscible in the other, existing with a common interface, consisting of a saturated solution of one in the other.
  • consequential loss — A consequential loss is a loss that follows another loss that is caused by a danger that has been insured against.
  • consolidation loan — a single loan which is taken out to pay off several separate existing loans
  • constitutional law — the body of law that evolves from a constitution, setting out the fundamental principles according to which a state is governed and defining the relationship between the various branches of government within the state.
  • constitutionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of constitutionalize.
  • container terminal — a transport terminal that handles containerized cargo
  • continental celtic — Celtic as spoken and written in ancient times on the mainland of Europe.
  • continental divide — the watershed of a continent, esp (often caps.) the principal watershed of North America, formed by the Rocky Mountains
  • continental margin — the offshore zone, consisting of the continental shelf, slope, and rise, that separates the dry-land portion of a continent from the deep ocean floor.
  • continental shield — any of the large, low-lying areas in the Earth's crust that are composed of Precambrian crystalline rocks
  • continental system — French system.
  • controllable-pitch — (of a marine or aircraft propeller) having blades whose pitch can be changed during navigation or flight; variable-pitch.
  • conversation class — a class in which one learns to speak a foreign language
  • conversationalists — Plural form of conversationalist.
  • cooking facilities — equipment necessary for cooking
  • cordillera central — a mountain range in Colombia: part of the Andes. Highest peak, Huila, 18,700 feet (5700 meters).
  • counterculturalism — The counterculture movement or lifestyle.
  • counterculturalist — the culture and lifestyle of those people, especially among the young, who reject or oppose the dominant values and behavior of society.
  • countercyclicality — The quality of being countercyclical.
  • coupling capacitor — A coupling capacitor is a capacitor that is used to transmit an alternating current signal from one node to another.
  • cranial osteopathy — osteopathy that focuses on the cranium and the spine
  • credibility rating — a supposed measure of how far a person can be believed or trusted
  • critical constants — the physical constants that express the properties of a substance in its critical state
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