15-letter words containing a, n, t, i, p, e
- communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
- comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
- comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- competition car — a car that has been modified to compete in racing
- 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
- 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.
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- computerization — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- conception rate — the success rate of artificial insemination in agricultural animals, usually expressed as a percentage
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
- concert pianist — a person who earns a living from giving solo performances on the piano in front of audiences
- conservatorship — the legal status of a person appointed by a court to protect the interests of someone, such as a child, who is unable to manage his or her own affairs
- contact printer — an apparatus used for making contact prints, having a frame for holding printing paper and negatives together and a light source for making an exposure.
- contemplatively — given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
- contemporaneity — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
- contrapositives — (logic) Plural form of contrapositive.
- cooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- copper arsenite — a yellowish-green, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, CuHAsO 3 , used chiefly as a pigment and as an insecticide.
- correction tape — a tape that can be placed over a written or typed mistake, on which the correct form can be written or typed, thereby covering the mistake underneath
- cosmopolitanize — to make cosmopolitan.
- cottage pudding — plain cake covered with a sweet sauce
- countercampaign — a campaign responding to another campaign
- county palatine — the lands of a count palatine
- cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- cyclopentadiene — a colourless liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon obtained in the cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons and the distillation of coal tar: used in the manufacture of plastics and insecticides. Formula: C5H6
- daguerreotyping — Present participle of daguerreotype.
- dancing partner — one of a pair of dancers
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- data protection — (in Britain) safeguards for individuals relating to personal data stored on a computer
- deception table — a table of the 18th century made so as to conceal its true function, as in serving as a cabinet for a chamber pot.
- decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
- departmentalism — division into departments, esp when resulting in impaired efficiency
- departmentalize — to organize into departments, esp excessively
- depletion layer — a region at the interface between dissimilar zones of conductivity in a semiconductor, in which there are few charge carriers
- deposit account — A deposit account is a type of bank account where the money in it earns interest.
- deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
- despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
- developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
- developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight