15-letter words containing c, i, r
- air conditioned — If a room or vehicle is air conditioned, the air in it is kept cool and dry by means of a special machine.
- air conditioner — An air conditioner is a machine which keeps the air in a building cool and dry.
- air force cross — a U.S. Air Force decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in action
- airborne attack — an attack involving airborne troops
- airconditioning — Alternative spelling of air conditioning.
- aircraft hangar — a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft
- airing cupboard — In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry.
- airmail sticker — a sticker that is put on airmail letters to make sure they are not sent by surface mail
- airs and graces — If you refer to someone's airs and graces, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they think they are more important than other people.
- aix-en-provence — a city and spa in SE France: the medieval capital of Provence. Pop: 145 721 (2006)
- alberta clipper — (in Canada) an area of low pressure that forms in winter near the Rocky Mountains
- algorithmically — Using an algorithm.
- alignment chart — nomogram.
- all-risk policy — An all-risk policy is an insurance policy that covers all loss or damage however it is caused, apart from any stated exceptions.
- allegoricalness — the quality of being allegorical
- allorecognition — The ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.
- allotriomorphic — (of minerals) not having their own regular shape (as determined by their internal structure) but being shaped instead by adjacent minerals
- alopecia areata — loss of hair in circumscribed patches.
- alpine accentor — a small bird of the sparrow family, Prunella collaris, found especially in mountain regions of S Europe and Asia
- alsace-lorraine — an area of NE France, comprising the modern regions of Alsace and Lorraine: under German rule 1871–1919 and 1940–44. Area: 14 522 sq km (5607 sq miles)
- alta california — a former Spanish colony of New Spain, in the modern-day states of California, Nevada, and N Arizona: ceded by Mexico to the United States 1848.
- amaryllidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaryllidaceae, a family of widely cultivated flowering plants having bulbs and including the amaryllis, snowdrop, narcissus, and daffodil
- ambrosian chant — the liturgical chant, established by Saint Ambrose, characterized by ornamented, often antiphonal, singing.
- ambulance train — a train designed to carry sick or injured people
- amegakaryocytic — Characterized by a lack of megakaryocytes.
- america firster — a member or supporter of the America First Committee.
- american beauty — a variety of hybrid, perennial red rose
- american blight — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
- american cheese — a type of smooth hard white or yellow cheese similar to a mild Cheddar
- american copper — a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic weight: 63.54; atomic number: 29; specific gravity: 8.92 at 20°C.
- american cotton — upland cotton.
- american empire — a style of American furniture making and related crafts from c1815 to c1840, corresponding to the French Empire and late English Regency styles.
- american gothic — a painting (1930) by Grant Wood.
- american indian — American Indian people or things belong to or come from one of the native peoples of America.
- american ipecac — a plant, Gillenia stipulata, of the rose family, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having white flowers on long stalks.
- american league — one of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1900. Abbreviation: A.L.
- american legion — an association of former member of the US armed forces
- american linden — any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree. Compare linden family.
- american marten — pine marten (def 2).
- american smooth — a style of competitive ballroom dancing which incorporates elements of Latin dance
- american wigeon — a bird of North America, Anas americana, that is similar to the wigeon; the male has a white crown
- americanization — Americanization is the process by which people or countries become more and more similar to Americans and the United States.
- americanologist — a foreign expert or specialist in American cultural or political matters: a leading Americanologist in the Kremlin.
- amery ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SW Indian Ocean, bordered by Enderby Land on the N and American Highland on the W.
- amicable number — either of a pair of positive integers in which each member is equal to the sum of the submultiples of the other, as 220 and 284.
- amphitheatrical — Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
- anacostia river — a river in the District of Columbia flowing into the Potomac River. about 24 miles (39 km) long.
- anamorphic lens — a component in the optical system of a film projector for converting standard 35mm film images into wide-screen format
- anchorage point — a point to which something such as the straps securing a childseat can be safely attached
- ancient history — Ancient history is the history of ancient civilizations, especially Greece and Rome.