17-letter words containing c, i, n, s, e, l
- consolation prize — A consolation prize is a small prize which is given to a person who fails to win a competition.
- consolidated fund — a fund into which tax revenue is paid in order to meet standing charges, esp interest payments on the national debt
- consolidated laws — a body of laws collected together in a single codifying statute
- constitutionalize — to provide with a constitution
- consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
- contemplativeness — The state or quality of being contemplative.
- contextualisation — Alt form contextualization.
- continental crust — that part of the earth's crust that underlies the continents and continental shelves
- continental shelf — The continental shelf is the area which forms the edge of a continent, ending in a steep slope to the depths of the ocean.
- continental slope — a steep slope separating a continental shelf and a deep ocean basin.
- contrasuggestible — responding or tending to respond to a suggestion by doing or believing the opposite
- controversialness — The state or quality of being controversial.
- conventionalities — Plural form of conventionality.
- conversationalist — A good conversationalist is someone who talks about interesting things when they have conversations.
- coordinate clause — one of two or more clauses in a sentence having the same status and introduced by coordinating conjunctions
- criminally insane — habitually criminal because of a psychological illness
- cross of lorraine — a cross with two horizontal bars above and below the midpoint of the vertical bar, the lower longer than the upper
- cross-correlation — the correlation between two sequences of random variables in a time series
- cryptocrystalline — (of rocks) composed of crystals that can be distinguished individually only by the use of a polarizing microscope
- culture diffusion — the spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point.
- cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
- dagestan republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- daphnis and chloe — two lovers in pastoral literature, esp in a prose idyll attributed to the Greek writer Longus
- de-specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- debt rescheduling — the process of changing the time frame or deadline for the repayment of debt, usually to ease the burden on the debtor
- decriminalisation — (chiefly, British) Alternative form of decriminalization.
- defending counsel — a barrister who defends a client in a trial
- dehydrochlorinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the removal of hydrogen and chlorine atoms or ions from chlorinated hydrocarbons.
- delay instruction — delayed control-transfer
- denial of service — a deliberate interruption in access to a computer system or network, esp by using multiple computers to generate an unmanageable volume of traffic (distributed denial of service)
- denial-of-service — pertaining to or being an incident in which a computer or computer network is disabled, disrupting access or service: a website hit by a denial-of-service attack; unintentional denial-of-service problems.
- deoxyribonuclease — DNase.
- dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
- designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
- desoxyribonucleic — Alternative spelling of deoxyribonucleic.
- deterministically — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
- deucalion's flood — a flood sent by Zeus that wiped out the entire population of the earth, except for Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha
- directionlessness — Absence of direction.
- discreditableness — Quality of being discreditable.
- displacement hull — a hull that displaces a significant volume of water when under way.
- disposable income — the part of a person's income remaining after deducting personal income taxes.
- disrespectfulness — The state or quality of being disrespectful; disrespect; disregard.
- distance learning — education in which students receive instruction over the Internet, from a video, etc., instead of going to school.
- domestic violence — physical abuse in the home
- dynamics analyzer — (language) (DYANA) An early language specialised for vibrational and other dynamic physical systems.
- early closing day — a day on which most shops in a town or area close after lunch
- early renaissance — a style of art developed principally in Florence, Italy, during the 15th century and characterized chiefly by the development of linear perspective, chiaroscuro, and geometrically based compositions.
- elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
- electric constant — the permittivity of free space, which has the value 8.854 187 × 10–12 farad per metre
- electric strength — the maximum voltage sustainable by an insulating material, after which it loses its insulating properties