15-letter words containing c, l, a, s, e, r
- decree absolute — A decree absolute is the final order made by a court in a divorce case which ends a marriage completely.
- decriminalising — Present participle of decriminalise.
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
- describableness — The quality of being describable.
- dictatorialness — The state or quality of being dictatorial.
- discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
- doctoral thesis — a thesis written as part of a doctorate
- downward closed — closure
- early christian — denoting or relating to the style of architecture that started in Italy in the 3rd century ad and spread through the Roman empire until the 5th century
- eclaircissement — clarification; explanation.
- elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
- electric shaver — razor powered by electricity
- electroanalyses — Plural form of electroanalysis.
- electroanalysis — (physics, chemistry) Any of several electrochemical forms of analysis.
- electrodialyses — Plural form of electrodialysis.
- electrodialysis — Dialysis in which the movement of ions is aided by an electric field applied across the semipermeable membrane.
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- electromyograms — Plural form of electromyogram.
- electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- extrinsicalness — Quality of being extrinsical.
- facile princeps — an obvious leader
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- false decretals — the Pseudo-Isidorian documents.
- false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
- false pretences — fraud, deception
- ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
- 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.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
- forecastle head — the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- general science — basic science taught as a school subject
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
- hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
- hard-shell clam — quahog.
- hard-shell crab — a crab, especially an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell.
- hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
- haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.