0%

15-letter words containing c, a, l, i, y

  • 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 cyanide — a white or grayish-black compound, Ca(CN) 2, used as an insecticide and rodent poison.
  • callippic cycle — a period equal to four Metonic cycles less one day, proposed by Callippus to correct the Metonic cycle.
  • calydonian boar — a savage boar sent by Artemis to destroy Calydon, a city in Aetolia, because its king had neglected to sacrifice to her. It was killed by Meleager, the king's son
  • calydonian hunt — the pursuit by Meleager, Atalanta, and others of a savage boar (Calydonian boar) sent by Artemis to lay waste to Calydon.
  • camelot library — (library)  
  • cancel a policy — If you cancel a policy, you terminate a contract of insurance.
  • cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
  • carboxylic acid — any of a class of organic acids containing the carboxyl group
  • cardinal system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to their positions relative to navigational hazards.
  • cardiopulmonary — of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs
  • cataclysmically — of, relating to, or resulting from a cataclysm.
  • catallactically — by or in the manner of exchange
  • category killer — a person, product, or business that dominates a particular market
  • cavalry officer — an officer in a cavalry regiment
  • celandine poppy — a poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum, of the east-central U.S., having one pair of deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers.
  • ceylon cinnamon — the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
  • chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
  • charismatically — In a charismatic way.
  • charlatanically — In a charlatanic manner.
  • charles simonyi — (person)   Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
  • charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
  • chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
  • chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
  • chinese parsley — coriander leaves used as an herb; cilantro
  • cholangiography — radiographic examination of the bile ducts after the introduction into them of a contrast medium
  • cholinergically — in a cholinergic manner
  • chronologically — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
  • chryse planitia — a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
  • ciliary process — one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.
  • circumambiently — in a circumambient manner
  • city councilman — a member of a city council
  • city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
  • class hierarchy — (programming)   In object-oriented programming, a set of classes related by inheritance. Each class is a "subclass" of another class - its "superclass". The subclass contains all the features of its superclass, but may add new features or redefine existing features. The features of a class are the set of attributes (or "properties") that an object of that class has and the methods that can be invoked on it. If each class has a just one superclass, this is called single inheritance. The opposite is multiple inheritance, under which a class may have multiple superclasses. Single inheritance gives the class hierarchy a tree structure whereas multiple inheritance gives a directed graph. Typically there is one class at the top of the hierarchy which is the "object" class, the most general class that is an ancestor of all others and which has no superclass. In computing, as in genealogy, trees grow downwards, which is why subclasses are considered to be "below" their superclasses. When invoking a method on an object, the method is first looked for in the object's class, then the superclass of that class, and so on up the hierarchy until it is found. Thus a class need only define those methods which are specific to it and it will inherit all other methods from all its superclasses. An object of the subclass can do everything that an object of the superclass can and possible more.
  • cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
  • clinically dead — having no respiration, no heartbeat, and with no contraction of the pupils when exposed to a strong light
  • coast artillery — artillery used for defending coastal areas.
  • coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
  • collaboratively — in the manner of working with others on a joint project
  • colouristically — in a colouristic manner
  • colposcopically — by means of a colposcope or colposcopy
  • combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • communicability — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
  • communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • communistically — In a communistic manner.
  • compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • complementarily — In a complementary manner.
  • complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?