15-letter words containing c, l, a, r, t
- chiller cabinet — a cupboard or chest in a shop where chilled foods and drinks are displayed and kept cool
- chinese lantern — a collapsible lantern made of thin coloured paper
- chloral hydrate — a colourless crystalline soluble solid produced by the reaction of chloral with water and used as a sedative and hypnotic; 2,2,2-trichloro-1,1-ethanediol. Formula: CCl3CH(OH)2
- chocolate brown — a dark brown
- cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- chorioallantoic — relating to the chorioallantois
- chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
- christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
- christmas carol — a joyful hymn or religious song, celebrating the birth of Christ
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
- chryse planitia — a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
- church militant — those Christians on earth who are engaged in a continuous war against evil and the enemies of Christ.
- circularisation — Alternative spelling of circularization.
- circularization — to circulate (a letter, memorandum, etc.).
- circumambiently — in a circumambient manner
- circumambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumambulate.
- circumambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumambulate.
- circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
- circumstantials — incidentals; details
- circumvallating — Present participle of circumvallate.
- circumvallation — surrounded by or as if by a rampart.
- ciudad trujillo — former name (1936–61) of Santo Domingo.
- claims adjuster — A claims adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money a person making a claim should receive.
- class president — the student president of a school or college class
- class structure — social hierarchy
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
- clear the decks — to prepare for action, as by removing obstacles from a field of activity or combat
- cleptoparasites — Plural form of cleptoparasite.
- climate control — air conditioning in a building or vehicle
- climb indicator — an instrument that shows the rate of ascent or descent of an aircraft, operating on a differential pressure principle.
- closed fracture — simple fracture.
- closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
- closed traverse — a traverse ending at its point of origin.
- clotting factor — any one of a group of substances, including factor VIII, the presence of which in the blood is essential for blood clotting to occur
- coast artillery — artillery used for defending coastal areas.
- cocktail shaker — a container in which cocktails are mixed
- cold-water flat — (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating.
- coldwater-river — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- coleman lantern — a gasoline lantern that gives a bright light, used by campers
- collaboratively — in the manner of working with others on a joint project
- collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
- collective mark — a trademark or service mark used by the members of a cooperative, a union, or other collective association to identify themselves as members.
- colorado beetle — a black-and-yellow beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, that is a serious pest of potatoes, feeding on the leaves: family Chrysomelidae
- colorado desert — an arid region of SE California and NW Mexico, west of the Colorado River. Area: over 5000 sq km (2000 sq miles)
- colour contrast — the change in the appearance of a colour surrounded by another colour; for example, grey looks bluish if surrounded by yellow
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- colouristically — in a colouristic manner
- colourpoint cat — a cat with increased pigmentation of cooler points of the body, such as ears, feet, tail, nose, and scrotum (in males)
- combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner