15-letter words containing c, i, s, e
- evangelicalness — the state or quality of being evangelical
- eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
- ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
- ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
- exceptionalness — The quality of being exceptional.
- excess capacity — unused production capacity
- exclusion order — law: ban spouse from home
- excrementitious — Of or pertaining to the nature of excrement.
- excursion train — a train that is laid on for a special occasion such as a sports or cultural event
- exhibitionistic — Having a tendency toward exhibitionism.
- existence proof — non-constructive proof
- expressionistic — Expressionist.
- extensification — The process of making something (more) extensive.
- extension cable — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- extrinsicalness — Quality of being extrinsical.
- fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
- facile princeps — an obvious leader
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- fantasticalness — The state or condition of being fantastical.
- featherstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of featherstitch.
- fee-for-service — pertaining to the charging of fees for specific services rendered in health care, as distinguished from participating in a prepaid medical practice: fee-for-service medicine.
- ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
- fetishistically — in a fetishistic manner
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.
- fiduciary issue — an issue of banknotes not backed by gold
- file descriptor — (programming, operating system) An integer that identifies an open file within a process. This number is obtained as a result of opening a file. Operations which read, write, or close a file would take the file descriptor as an input parameter. In many operating system implementations, file descriptors are small integers which index a table of open files. In Unix, file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the standard input, standard output and standard error files respectively. See file descriptor leak.
- fire resistance — the amount of resistance of a material or construction to fire.
- fireless cooker — an insulated container that seals in heat to cook food.
- first principle — any axiom, law, or abstraction assumed and regarded as representing the highest possible degree of generalization.
- first secretary — The First Secretary of the Welsh Assembly is the leader of the ruling party.
- first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
- fischer-dieskau — Dietrich [dee-trik;; German dee-trikh] /ˈdi trɪk;; German ˈdi trɪx/ (Show IPA), 1925–2012, German baritone.
- fission reactor — a nuclear reactor in which a fission reaction takes place
- fitness fanatic — someone who is obsessed with exercise and keeping himself or herself fit
- fitness tracker — a wearable electronic device or a software application that monitors one's physical fitness and daily physical activity.
- fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
- floor exercises — exercises designed to improve fitness, carried out on the floor
- flowers of zinc — a white or yellowish-white, amorphous, odorless, water-insoluble powder, ZnO, used chiefly as a paint pigment, in cosmetics, dental cements, matches, white printing inks, and opaque glass, and in medicine in the treatment of skin conditions.
- fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- focusing screen — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
- food processing — transforming raw materials into food
- force the issue — to compel decision on some matter
- foreign service — a division of the U.S. Department of State or of a foreign office that maintains diplomatic and consular posts and personnel in other countries.
- forensic expert — an expert in applying scientific, technical or medical knowledge to the purposes of law