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15-letter words containing c, a, i, n, t, e

  • tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
  • target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
  • teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
  • technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • tectibranchiate — denoting or relating to the suborder of molluscs Tectibranchia
  • telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
  • telekinetically — in a telekinetic manner
  • tenant in chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
  • tenant-in-chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
  • tennis bracelet — a bracelet consisting of a row of individually set, uniformly sized diamonds or other gemstones.
  • tentaculiferous — having tentacles
  • teratocarcinoma — a monstrous malignant tumour typically found in the testes
  • terra incognita — an unknown or unexplored land, region, or subject.
  • tetrabranchiate — belonging or pertaining to the Nautiloidea (Tetrabranchiata), a subclass or order of cephalopods with four gills, including the pearly nautilus and numerous fossil forms.
  • tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
  • the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
  • the handicapped — those who are physically disabled or mentally retarded
  • the incarnation — the taking on of a human body by the second person of the Trinity; the joining of the divine and the human in Jesus Christ
  • the main chance — the opportunity for personal gain (esp in the phrase an eye to the main chance)
  • the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
  • the precambrian — the Precambrian era
  • the renaissance — the period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world: usually considered as beginning in Italy in the 14th century
  • the-night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
  • theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • timber merchant — a merchant that deals in wood for use as a building material
  • tintagel castle — a ruined castle on a promontory in SW England on the W coast of Cornwall, which is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur
  • tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
  • title insurance — insurance protecting the owner or mortgagee of real estate from lawsuits or claims arising from a defective title.
  • torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
  • track and field — athletics events
  • track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
  • tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
  • traction engine — a locomotive operating on surfaces other than tracks and pulling heavy loads, as fallen logs.
  • traffic manager — a person who supervises the transportation of goods for an employer.
  • traffic offence — a violation of traffic regulations, such as breaking the speed limit
  • traffic pattern — Aeronautics. a system of courses about an airfield that aircraft are assigned to fly when taking off, landing, or preparing to land.
  • training agency — (in Britain, formerly) an organization providing training and retraining for adult workers
  • training centre — a place where people undergo skills training for work
  • training course — practical programme of study
  • training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
  • travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • trichloroethane — a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
  • triple alliance — the alliance (1882–1915) of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
  • truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
  • tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
  • ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
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