15-letter words containing c, i, n, e, p
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- jackass penguin — any of several boldly marked black and white penguins of the genus Spheniscus, especially S. demersus, of southern Africa, with a call resembling a donkey's bray.
- japanese quince — a flowering quince, Chaenomeles speciosa, of Japan, having scarlet flowers and pear-shaped fruit.
- jewish princess — JAP.
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- lead-pipe cinch — an absolute certainty: It's a lead-pipe cinch they'll be there.
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- lexical scoping — lexical scope
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- lick one's lips — to anticipate or recall something with glee or relish
- life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
- limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- loose chippings — pieces of gravel spread on the top of tarmac that fail to stick to it
- lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lzh compression — (algorithm) (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
- lzw compression — Lempel-Ziv Welch compression
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- magnetic pickup — a phonograph pickup in which the vibrations of the stylus cause variations in or motions of a coil in a magnetic field that produces corresponding variations in an electrical voltage.
- magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
- magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
- menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
- mental handicap — learning disability
- merchant prince — a very wealthy or influential merchant.
- mexican spanish — Spanish as used in Mexico. Abbreviation: MexSp.
- microenterprise — A business operating on a very small scale, especially one with a sole proprietor and fewer than six employees.
- microprocessing — an integrated computer circuit that performs all the functions of a CPU.
- microprojection — the projection of an image, captured by a microscope, onto a screen
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
- monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- morphophonemics — Also called morphonology, morphophonology. the study of the relations between morphemes and their phonological realizations, components, or mappings.
- multidiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- napoleonic code — Code Napoléon
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
- nephrosclerosis — (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.