15-letter words containing c, a, u, s, l, i
- class-conscious — Someone who is class-conscious is very aware of the differences between the various classes of people in society, and often has a strong feeling of belonging to a particular class.
- classical music — a style of music composed, esp at Vienna, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This period is marked by the establishment, esp by Haydn and Mozart, of sonata form
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- colouristically — in a colouristic manner
- communistically — In a communistic manner.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
- consequentially — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- constitutionals — Plural form of constitutional.
- contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- court of claims — (in the US) a court that hears claims against the federal government
- crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
- crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
- crystal pick-up — a record-player pick-up in which the current is generated by the deformation of a piezoelectric crystal caused by the movements of the stylus
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
- curie-weiss law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to the difference between its temperature and its Curie point
- curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
- curl one's hair — to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
- cushion capital — a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
- cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
- decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
- definite clause — (logic) A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- disarticulating — Present participle of disarticulate.
- disarticulation — The act of disarticulating.
- discombobulated — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discombobulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discombobulate.
- disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
- disulfuric acid — pyrosulfuric acid
- domain calculus — (database) A form of relational calculus in which scalar variables take values drawn from a given domain. Examples of the domain calculus are ILL, FQL, DEDUCE and the well known Query By Example (QBE). INGRES is a relational DBMS whose DML is based on the relational calculus.
- dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- eclipse plumage — the dull plumage developed in some brightly colored birds after the breeding season.
- elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
- electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
- flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
- fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.