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15-letter words containing c, e, a, s, l, y

  • machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
  • martensitically — in a martensitic manner
  • masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
  • master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
  • mechanistically — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred
  • minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
  • miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
  • miscue analysis — analysis of the errors a pupil makes while reading
  • monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
  • multical system — E-mail: Richard Snodgrass <[email protected]>.
  • multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
  • myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
  • nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
  • necessary stool — close-stool.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
  • nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
  • non-crystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
  • normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
  • not necessarily — If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true.
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
  • perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
  • pessimistically — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
  • photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
  • physical change — a usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size or shape: Freezing a liquid is a physical change.
  • physical memory — (memory management)   The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
  • physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.
  • plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
  • play kissy-face — to engage in kissing, caressing, etc., esp. overtly or publicly
  • policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.
  • polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
  • presynaptically — in a presynaptic manner
  • prismatic layer — the middle layer of the shell of certain mollusks, consisting chiefly of crystals of calcium carbonate.
  • psychedelically — of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.
  • psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
  • pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
  • rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
  • royal enclosure — at the Royal Ascot horse-race meeting, an area of Ascot racecourse which is reserved for the Royal Family, members, and their guests
  • royal worcester — Worcester china made after 1862
  • sabbatical year — Also called sabbatical leave. (in a school, college, university, etc.) a year, usually every seventh, of release from normal teaching duties granted to a professor, as for study or travel.
  • salary increase — an increase in the salary or pay given to an employee
  • salem secretary — a tall cabinet having a recessed upper part fitted with drawers and shelves and a lower part with doors and a section falling or pulling out to serve as a writing surface.
  • salicylaldehyde — an oily, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 6 O 2 , having an almondlike odor: used chiefly in perfumery and in the synthesis of coumarin.
  • scarlet lychnis — a plant, Lychnis chalcedonica, of the pink family, having scarlet or sometimes white flowers, the arrangement and shape of the petals resembling a Maltese cross.
  • secondary color — a color, as orange, green, or violet, produced by mixing two primary colors.
  • secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
  • secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
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