15-letter words containing c, e, n
- actual argument — (programming) A value, expression, or reference passed to a function or subroutine when it is called and which replaces or is bound to the corresponding formal argument. See: argument.
- acyclic terpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- adenocarcinomas — Plural form of adenocarcinoma.
- adenoidectomies — Plural form of adenoidectomy.
- adjacent angles — two angles that have the same vertex and a side in common
- adjectivization — Grammar. to make into an adjective, as by adding a suffix: The noun mirth can be adjectivized by adding -ful or -less to form the adjectives mirthful and mirthless.
- adoption agency — an agency that matches children needing adoption with people willing to adopt
- adrenalectomies — Plural form of adrenalectomy.
- adrenoreceptors — Plural form of adrenoreceptor.
- adult education — Adult education is education for adults in a variety of subjects, most of which are practical, not academic. Classes are often held in the evenings.
- advance payment — a sum of money paid in advance as a part or the whole of the sum due
- advanced credit — credit toward a degree allowed to a student by a college for courses taken elsewhere or for high scores on preliminary examinations
- advanced degree — an academic degree conferred for completion of requirements beyond the undergraduate college level, as M.S. or Ph.D.
- advanced higher — the highest level of qualification offered within the school system, replacing the former Certificate of Sixth Year Studies
- advantage court — the receiver's left-hand service court, into which the ball is served when one side has the advantage.
- advent calendar — a large card with a brightly coloured sometimes tinselled design on it that contains small numbered doors for children to open on each of the days of Advent, revealing pictures beneath them
- aerobic dancing — a system of exercises combining aerobics with dance steps and usually done to music.
- aerodynamically — the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases and with the effects of such motion on bodies in the medium. Compare aerostatics (def 1).
- aerodynamicists — Plural form of aerodynamicist.
- aeroplane cloth — a strong fabric made from cotton, linen, and nylon yarns, used for some light aircraft fuselages and wings
- africanized bee — a hybrid of African and European honeybees, developed in Brazil and known for its disease resistance and superior honey production
- afternoon watch — the watch from noon until 4 p.m.
- agulhas current — a fast, warm ocean current flowing southwest along the SE coast of Africa
- air conditioned — If a room or vehicle is air conditioned, the air in it is kept cool and dry by means of a special machine.
- air conditioner — An air conditioner is a machine which keeps the air in a building cool and dry.
- airborne attack — an attack involving airborne troops
- airs and graces — If you refer to someone's airs and graces, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they think they are more important than other people.
- aix-en-provence — a city and spa in SE France: the medieval capital of Provence. Pop: 145 721 (2006)
- akinetic mutism — a state of apparent alertness with normal eye movements but no speech or other voluntary motion, usually due to a stroke.
- albany congress — a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan (Albany Plan of Union) for unifying the colonies.
- alcohol content — the amount of alcohol that is present in an alcoholic drink
- alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
- alignment chart — nomogram.
- all-you-can-eat — An all-you-can-eat buffet or restaurant is a buffet or restaurant at which you pay a fixed price, no matter how much or how little you eat.
- allegoricalness — the quality of being allegorical
- allemande sauce — a velouté thickened and enriched with egg yolk.
- allorecognition — The ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.
- allyl mercaptan — a colorless liquid, C 3 H 6 S, having a strong, garlicky odor, used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.
- alpine accentor — a small bird of the sparrow family, Prunella collaris, found especially in mountain regions of S Europe and Asia
- alpine combined — a competition for Alpine skiers in a combination of downhill and slalom races, the winner having the highest total score.
- alsace-lorraine — an area of NE France, comprising the modern regions of Alsace and Lorraine: under German rule 1871–1919 and 1940–44. Area: 14 522 sq km (5607 sq miles)
- aluminosilicate — a silicate in which some of the silicon in the tetrahedral unit SiO4 has been replaced by aluminium
- ambrose channel — a ship channel at the entrance to New York harbor, near Sandy Hook. 7½ miles (12 km) long.
- ambulance nurse — a nurse who works as part of an ambulance crew
- ambulance train — a train designed to carry sick or injured people
- amenity society — a voluntary society established with the purpose of preserving historic art and architecture
- american beauty — a variety of hybrid, perennial red rose
- american blight — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
- american cheese — a type of smooth hard white or yellow cheese similar to a mild Cheddar
- american copper — a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic weight: 63.54; atomic number: 29; specific gravity: 8.92 at 20°C.