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15-letter words containing c, i, r, u, l, a

  • pleasure cruise — a trip in a boat for recreational purposes
  • pluralistically — from a pluralistic point of view
  • pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
  • practical nurse — a person who has not graduated from an accredited school of nursing but whose vocation is caring for the sick.
  • preagricultural — existing or occurring prior to the introduction of agriculture; of or relating to a society existing at this time
  • prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
  • principal focus — focal point (def 1).
  • principal value — a value selected at a point in the domain of a multiple-valued function, chosen so that the function has a single value at the point.
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • pronunciational — relating to pronunciation
  • pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
  • public lavatory — a public toilet
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • quality control — a system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in an existing product or service by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required.
  • quasi-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • quasihistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • quiche lorraine — a quiche containing bits of bacon or ham and often cheese.
  • rat-tail cactus — a cactus, Aporocactus flagelliformis, of Mexico, having slim, cylindrical stems that are easily trained into strange designs, and crimson flowers.
  • reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • recontextualize — to contextualize (something) again
  • reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
  • refugee capital — money from abroad invested, esp for a short term, in the country offering the highest interest rate
  • relative clause — a subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb, either expressed or deleted, especially such a clause modifying an antecedent, as who saw you in He's the man who saw you or (that) I wrote in Here's the letter (that) I wrote.
  • requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
  • ritualistically — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
  • rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
  • rural sociology — the sociological study of life in rural areas and the effects of ruralization.
  • russell's attic — (mathematics)   An imaginary room containing countably many pairs of shoes (i.e. a pair for each natural number), and countably many pairs of socks. How many shoes are there? Answer: countably many (map the left shoes to even numbers and the right shoes to odd numbers, say). How many socks are there? Also countably many, we want to say, but we can't prove it without the Axiom of Choice, because in each pair, the socks are indistinguishable (there's no such thing as a left sock). Although for any single pair it is easy to select one, we cannot specify a general method for doing this.
  • rusty blackbird — a North American blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, the male of which has plumage that is uniformly bluish-black in the spring and rusty-edged in the fall.
  • scaling circuit — an electronic device or circuit that aggregates electric pulses and gives a single output pulse for a predetermined number of input pulses
  • seleucia pieria — an ancient port in Syria, on the River Orontes: the port of Antioch, of military importance during the wars between the Ptolemies and Seleucids; largely destroyed by earthquake in 526; site of present-day Samandaǧ (Turkey)
  • self-caricature — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
  • semi-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
  • semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
  • silviculturally — with reference to silviculture
  • simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
  • sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
  • snafu principle — /sna'foo prin'si-pl/ [WWII Army acronym for "Situation Normal: All Fucked Up"] "True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth." - a central tenet of Discordianism, often invoked by hackers to explain why authoritarian hierarchies screw up so reliably and systematically. The effect of the SNAFU principle is a progressive disconnection of decision-makers from reality. This lightly adapted version of a fable dating back to the early 1960s illustrates the phenomenon perfectly: In the beginning was the plan, and then the specification; And the plan was without form, and the specification was void. And darkness was on the faces of the implementors thereof; And they spake unto their leader, saying: "It is a crock of shit, and smells as of a sewer." And the leader took pity on them, and spoke to the project leader: "It is a crock of excrement, and none may abide the odor thereof." And the project leader spake unto his section head, saying: "It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide it." The section head then hurried to his department manager, and informed him thus: "It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength." The department manager carried these words to his general manager, and spoke unto him saying: "It containeth that which aideth the growth of plants, and it is very strong." And so it was that the general manager rejoiced and delivered the good news unto the Vice President. "It promoteth growth, and it is very powerful." The Vice President rushed to the President's side, and joyously exclaimed: "This powerful new software product will promote the growth of the company!" And the President looked upon the product, and saw that it was very good. After the subsequent disaster, the suits protect themselves by saying "I was misinformed!", and the implementors are demoted or fired.
  • social security — (usually initial capital letters) a program of old-age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups.
  • socioculturally — from a sociocultural point of view
  • sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
  • source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
  • special feature — an article differing from the normal format and focusing on a particular topic
  • streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • structural iron — iron shaped for use in construction.
  • subsidiary cell — Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
  • sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
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