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

  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
  • gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
  • graph reduction — A technique invented by Chris Wadsworth where an expression is represented as a directed graph (usually drawn as an inverted tree). Each node represents a function call and its subtrees represent the arguments to that function. Subtrees are replaced by the expansion or value of the expression they represent. This is repeated until the tree has been reduced to a value with no more function calls (a normal form). In contrast to string reduction, graph reduction has the advantage that common subexpressions are represented as pointers to a single instance of the expression which is only reduced once. It is the most commonly used technique for implementing lazy evaluation.
  • graphic granite — a pegmatite that has crystals of gray quartz imbedded in white or pink microcline in such a manner that they resemble cuneiform writing.
  • grappier cement — a by-product of the calcination of hydraulic lime, having similar properties and made from ground, unslaked lumps.
  • graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
  • grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
  • greenback party — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
  • group insurance — life, accident, or health insurance available to a group of persons, as the employees of a company, under a single contract, usually without regard to physical condition or age of the individuals.
  • hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
  • hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
  • haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • hausdorff space — a topological space in which each pair of points can be separated by two disjoint open sets containing the points.
  • have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
  • hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
  • hepatocarcinoma — (pathology) cancer of the liver.
  • hewlett-packard — (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services electronic products and systems for measurement, computation and communications. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and education in approximately 110 countries. HP was founded in 1939 and employs 96600 people, 58900 in the USA. They have manufacturing and R&D establishments in 54 cities in 16 countries and approximately 600 sales and service offices in 110 countries. Their revenue (in 1992/1993?) was $20.3 billion. The Chief Executive Officer is Lewis E. Platt. HP's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris exchanges. Quarterly sales $6053M, profits $347M (Aug 1994).
  • hexachlorophene — a white, crystalline powder, C 13 Cl 6 H 6 O 2 , insoluble in water: used as an antibacterial agent chiefly in toothpastes and soaps.
  • hip replacement — a surgical procedure involving replacing the hip joint with an artificial implant
  • hit the jackpot — the chief prize or the cumulative stakes in a game or contest, as in bingo, a quiz contest, or a slot machine.
  • homeopathically — By means of homeopathy.
  • hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
  • hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • house physician — a house officer working in a medical as opposed to a surgical discipline
  • humpback bridge — arched bridge
  • hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
  • hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
  • hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
  • hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
  • hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hypercatalectic — (of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot. Compare acatalectic (def 2), catalectic.
  • hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
  • hypercritically — In a hypercritical manner.
  • hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • hyperreactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
  • hyperweak force — a hypothetical force that transforms quarks into leptons and vice versa at high energies.
  • hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • ideographically — an ideogram.
  • if the cap fits — the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
  • impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
  • imperfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.
  • implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
  • imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
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