15-letter words containing c, e, s, t, u
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
- house detective — an employee of a department store, hotel, etc., employed to prevent thefts, violations of regulations, or other forms of misconduct on the part of patrons.
- housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
- hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- ignition source — An ignition source is a process or event which can cause a fire or explosion.
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- in difficulties — in distress, esp. financially
- incentive bonus — an extra payment made to an employee to reward good work
- inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
- ineffectualness — Inefficacy.
- infrastructures — Plural form of infrastructure.
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- instruction set — (architecture) The collection of machine language instructions that a particular processor understands. The term is almost synonymous with "instruction set architecture" since the instructions are fairly meaningless in isolation from the registers etc. that they manipulate.
- instructiveness — Quality of being instructive.
- insurance agent — sb who sells insurance policies
- insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
- insurrectionary — of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
- insurrectionist — an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- insurrectionize — to cause insurrection in (a country or the like).
- intellectualise — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
- intellectualism — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- intellectualist — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- inter-structure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- interfascicular — pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interlacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- intersubjective — comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language.
- introsusception — intussusception.
- intussusception — a taking within.
- intussusceptive — Relating to intussusception.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- jacques cartier — Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- just the ticket — If you say that something is just the ticket, you mean that it is exactly what is needed.
- justice in eyre — a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- justice's court — an inferior tribunal, not of record, having limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and presided over by a justice of the peace.
- keyes technique — a system of treating periodontal diseases by eliminating specific disease-related microorganisms, primarily through nonsurgical therapy that is regulated and adjusted in accordance with microscopic or cultural findings in subgingival plaque specimens.
- kitchen utensil — a utensil intended for use in a kitchen, such as a chopping board, saucepan, or knife
- knuckle-dusters — brass knuckles.
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
- liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
- listed security — a security that is quoted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and appears in its Official List of Securities
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
- macro-structure — the gross structure of a metal, as made visible to the naked eye by deep etching.
- macrostructures — Plural form of macrostructure.