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

  • in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
  • inexplicability — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
  • inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
  • insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
  • inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • intercomparison — mutual comparison
  • interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
  • internment camp — a prison camp for the confinement of enemy aliens, prisoners of war, political prisoners, etc.
  • interperceptual — occurring between periods of perceiving
  • interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
  • interrecord gap — the area or space separating consecutive physical records of data on an external storage medium.
  • introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
  • isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
  • italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
  • jack the ripper — an unidentified murderer who killed at least seven prostitutes in London's East End between August and November 1888
  • kamikaze packet — Christmas tree packet
  • kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
  • lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
  • lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
  • lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
  • limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
  • little corporal — (Napoleon Bonaparte"the Little Corporal") 1769–1821, French general born in Corsica: emperor of France 1804–15.
  • liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
  • lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
  • lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • magnetic pickup — a phonograph pickup in which the vibrations of the stylus cause variations in or motions of a coil in a magnetic field that produces corresponding variations in an electrical voltage.
  • magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
  • magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
  • make capital of — to get advantage from
  • malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
  • massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
  • mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
  • matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
  • mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
  • megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
  • memory capacity — (on a computer or other device) the amount of memory space available for data storage
  • mental handicap — learning disability
  • merchant prince — a very wealthy or influential merchant.
  • metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
  • micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
  • military police — soldiers who perform police duties
  • misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
  • misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
  • morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
  • multiple access — multiplexing
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
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