15-letter words containing c, a, s, e, n
- take one's pick — If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
- tammany society — a benevolent society founded in 1789, which later became Tammany Hall, the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county
- tennis bracelet — a bracelet consisting of a row of individually set, uniformly sized diamonds or other gemstones.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
- the ocean state — the US state of Rhode Island
- 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
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- 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.
- to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
- to earn a crust — If you earn a crust, you earn enough money to live on, especially by doing work you would prefer not to do.
- to lose contact — If you lose contact with someone who you have been friendly with, you no longer see them, speak to them, or write to them.
- 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.
- training course — practical programme of study
- training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
- transfer factor — a lymphocyte product that, when extracted from T cells of an individual with immunity to a particular antigen, can confer that immunity when administered to another individual of the same species.
- transverse arch — a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.
- travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
- turn the scales — to determine or decide something uncertain
- ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
- unascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- uncanonicalness — the quality or condition of being uncanonical
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- unclimbableness — the quality or condition of being unclimbable
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- unconsentaneous — disagreeable or discordant
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- under secretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- under-secretary — UK ministerial position
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underresearched — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- undisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or controlled
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- universal class — (in the theory of classes) the class that includes all other classes and is composed of all individuals composing these classes.
- unmaterialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- unpeaceableness — the quality or state of being unpeaceable; quarrelsomeness
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- unrealistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- unteachableness — the quality or condition of being unteachable
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.