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15-letter words containing a, l, p, n, c

  • capital gearing — the ratio of a company's debt capital to its equity capital
  • capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
  • capitalizations — Plural form of capitalization.
  • capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • capitulationist — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • cardinal points — the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west
  • cardinal spider — a large house spider, Tegenaria parietina
  • cardiopulmonary — of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs
  • caribbean plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, encompassing the Central American portion of North America, the Caribbean Sea, and the islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico, as well as the Leeward and Windward Islands; bordered north and south by the North and South American Plates and west by the Cocos Plate.
  • carpentersville — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • cartesian plane — Usually, Cartesian coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates for locating a point on a plane (Cartesian plane) by its distance from each of two intersecting lines, or in space by its distance from each of three planes intersecting at a point.
  • cast a spell on — to put into, or as into, a trance
  • cast-iron plant — any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant.
  • celandine poppy — a poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum, of the east-central U.S., having one pair of deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers.
  • champagne flute — a tall, thin champagne glass
  • champagne glass — a glass for drinking champagne, either a glass with a wide mouth and a roughly triangular shape or a tall flute
  • chandler period — the period of the oscillation (Chandler wobble) of the earth's axis, varying between 416 and 433 days.
  • channel captain — the most powerful member, and often the one that decides specifications, in a channel for distributing goods (which usually consists of a manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer). The channel captain is sometimes the manufacturer but in the case of a chain store it may be the retailer
  • channel hopping — (chat)   To rapidly switch channels on IRC, or a GEnie chat board. This term may derive from the TV idiom, "channel surfing".
  • channel-hopping — Channel-hopping means switching quickly between different television channels because you are looking for something interesting to watch.
  • charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
  • chinese parsley — coriander leaves used as an herb; cilantro
  • chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
  • cholangiography — radiographic examination of the bile ducts after the introduction into them of a contrast medium
  • chopped almonds — almonds cut into small pieces
  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
  • chryse planitia — a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
  • clamp down (on) — to become more strict (with)
  • class president — the student president of a school or college class
  • cleavage-planes — the act of cleaving or splitting.
  • clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
  • colourpoint cat — a cat with increased pigmentation of cooler points of the body, such as ears, feet, tail, nose, and scrotum (in males)
  • commission plan — (in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members
  • commonplaceness — The state or quality of being commonplace.
  • communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
  • compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
  • complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
  • complementarily — In a complementary manner.
  • complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
  • complementation — In linguistics, a complementation pattern of a verb, noun, or adjective is the patterns that typically follow it.
  • completion date — (in Britain) the date on which the sale of a piece of property is final
  • complex-machine — Older Use. an automobile or airplane. a typewriter.
  • complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
  • complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • compositionally — in a compositional manner
  • compound animal — any animal, such as most hydroids, corals, and bryozoans, composed of a number of individuals produced by budding from a single parent and usually so fused together that no demarcation is clearly distinguishable
  • computationally — from a computational point of view
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