0%

15-letter words containing c, l, a, n, d, e

  • special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
  • special student — a student who is not seeking a degree but enrols in a course, esp to gain academic credits
  • sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
  • standard candle — a unit of luminous intensity; the candela: not in scientific usage because of possible confusion with a former unit (international candle)
  • standard clause — a clause which is inserted as standard into certain types of contracts or agreements
  • stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • synecdochically — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • track and field — athletics events
  • track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • un-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
  • una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
  • unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
  • unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
  • undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
  • undisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or controlled
  • unrecommendable — not able to be recommended, supported, or endorsed
  • vascular bundle — a longitudinal arrangement of strands of xylem and phloem, and sometimes cambium, that forms the fluid-conducting channels of vascular tissue in the rhizomes, stems, and leaf veins of vascular plants, the arrangement varying with the type of plant.
  • vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
  • vincent de paulSaint, 1576–1660, French Roman Catholic priest noted for his work to aid the poor.
  • well-acquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
  • wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
  • window cleaning — the task of washing and shining windows
  • wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?