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15-letter words containing c, a, d, e

  • beach goldenrod — a composite plant, Solidago sempervirens, of eastern and southern North America, having a thick stem and large, branched, one-sided terminal clusters of yellow flowers, flourishing on sea beaches or salt marshes.
  • belt-and-braces — providing double security, in case one security measure should fail
  • ben day process — a method of adding texture, shading, or detail to line drawings by overlaying a transparent sheet of dots or any other pattern during platemaking
  • benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
  • benzal chloride — a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.
  • beta-adrenergic — pertaining to or involving beta receptors
  • bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
  • big sandy creek — a river in central Colorado, flowing NE and SE to the Arkansas River near Lamar: site of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. 200 miles (322 km) long.
  • birch partridge — ruffed grouse
  • bits and pieces — You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things.
  • black and white — In a black and white photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
  • black horehound — a hairy unpleasant-smelling chiefly Mediterranean plant, Ballota nigra, having clusters of purple flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
  • black-and-white — displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
  • bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
  • blanc de blancs — white wine, esp. champagne, made from white grapes
  • blank cartridge — a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal
  • blockade runner — a person, ship etc that tries to carry goods through a blockade
  • blockade-runner — a ship or person that passes through a blockade.
  • blue cattle dog — an Australian breed of dog with a bluish coat, developed for herding cattle
  • board-certified — A doctor who is board-certified has passed tests and meets the standards of a board of specialists in their area of medicine.
  • borderline case — a person or thing that is not clearly classifiable as something
  • borrower's card — a card issued by a library to individuals or organizations entitling them or their representatives to borrow materials.
  • breakdown cover — insurance cover against breakdowns in a vehicle
  • breeder reactor — a type of nuclear reactor that produces more fissionable material than it consumes
  • bronzed grackle — the western subspecies of the American bird, the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula versicolor, having bronzy, iridescent plumage.
  • brush discharge — a slightly luminous electrical discharge between points of high charge density when the charge density is insufficient to cause a spark or around sharp points on a highly charged conductor because of ionization of air molecules in their vicinity
  • cabin attendant — flight attendant.
  • cabinet pudding — a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit
  • cache la poudre — a river in N Colorado, flowing N and E to the South Platte River. 126 miles (203 km) long.
  • cacodaemoniacal — Demonic; evil.
  • cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
  • cadmium sulfate — a water-soluble compound, CdSO 4 , of colorless crystals, used as an antiseptic.
  • cadmium sulfide — a toxic pigment, CdS, varying from lemon yellow (cadmium yellow) to yellowish orange (cadmium orange) and used in paints, photocells, semiconductors, etc.
  • caisson disease — decompression sickness
  • calcined baryta — baryta (def 1).
  • calcined-baryta — Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
  • calcium carbide — a grey salt of calcium used in the production of acetylene (by its reaction with water) and calcium cyanamide. Formula: CaC2
  • calcium cyanide — a white or grayish-black compound, Ca(CN) 2, used as an insecticide and rodent poison.
  • calcium sulfide — a yellow to light-gray, slightly water-soluble powder, CaS, having the odor of rotten eggs when moist: used chiefly in the preparation of luminous paint, hydrogen sulfide, and as a depilatory in cosmetics.
  • calculated risk — a chance of failure, the probability of which is estimated before some action is undertaken.
  • caldecott award — an annual award in the U.S. for an outstanding illustrated juvenile book.
  • calendarization — the process of calendarizing
  • calf diphtheria — a disease of the throat in young calves caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, resulting in breathing difficulty and a painful cough
  • calvin coolidge — Calvin, 1872–1933, 30th president of the U.S. 1923–29.
  • camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
  • canada moonseed — a vine, Menispermum canadense, of eastern North America, having variable leaves and black, grapelike fruit.
  • canadian forces — the official name for the military forces of Canada
  • canadian french — the French language as spoken in Canada, esp in Quebec
  • canadian legion — a national social club for veterans of the Canadian armed services.
  • canadian shield — (in Canada) the wide area of Precambrian rock extending west from the Labrador coast to the basin of the Mackenzie and north from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay and the Arctic: rich in minerals
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