15-letter words containing c, h, i, n, l
- multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- nail technician — a person whose job is to take care of and decorate people's fingernails
- nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- national church — an independent church within a country, usually representing the prevalent religion.
- national school — (in Ireland) a state primary school
- nemathelminthic — of or pertaining to a nemathelminth
- nephrosclerosis — (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
- neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- nicholas, saint — Saint ("Nicholas the Great") died a.d. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858–867.
- nitrochloroform — chloropicrin.
- nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
- nonhierarchical — Classified or arranged so that a group or person has the same authority as everyone else; not hierarchical.
- nonmathematical — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
- nucleophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being nucleophilic.
- nucleosynthesis — the formation of new atomic nuclei by nuclear reactions, thought to occur in the interiors of stars and in the early stages of development of the universe.
- nucleosynthetic — Of or pertaining to nucleosynthesis.
- occulting light — a beacon having a light covered briefly at regular intervals.
- once in a while — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
- organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
- orthodontically — from an orthodontic point of view
- out in the cold — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
- paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
- parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- philanthropical — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
- phloem necrosis — a disease of the American elm caused by a mycoplasmalike organism, characterized by yellowing and necrosis of the foliage and yellowish-brown discoloration of the phloem.
- phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
- photoelectronic — relating to electronic effects or devices affected by light
- photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
- phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
- physical change — a usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size or shape: Freezing a liquid is a physical change.
- physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- pinball machine — the tablelike, usually coin-operated machine on which pinball is played.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- pixels per inch — (unit, graphics) (ppi) The unit used to measure resolution of a bitmap display or video input device.
- plain chocolate — dark eating chocolate
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
- pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch