15-letter words containing c, l, a, u, s, n
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
- consentaneously — In a consentaneous manner.
- consequentially — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- constitutionals — Plural form of constitutional.
- contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
- conventual mass — the Mass celebrated daily in a convent church for all members of the conventual community.
- convolvulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Convolvulaceae, a family of plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and typically a climbing, twining, or prostrate habit: includes bindweed, morning-glory, and sweet potato
- counterbalances — Plural form of counterbalance.
- counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
- counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- counterproposal — a proposal offered as an alternative to a previous proposal
- crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
- crystal counter — an instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity of high-energy radiation, in which particles collide with a crystal and momentarily increase its conductivity
- crystal nucleus — the tiny crystal that forms at the onset of crystallization
- cuban solenodon — a rare shrewlike nocturnal mammal of the Caribbean, Atopogale cubana, having a long hairless tail and an elongated snout: family Solenodontidae, order Insectivora (insectivores)
- cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
- curl one's hair — to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
- cushion capital — a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
- cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
- decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
- decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
- definite clause — (logic) A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- disarticulating — Present participle of disarticulate.
- disarticulation — The act of disarticulating.
- disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
- domain calculus — (database) A form of relational calculus in which scalar variables take values drawn from a given domain. Examples of the domain calculus are ILL, FQL, DEDUCE and the well known Query By Example (QBE). INGRES is a relational DBMS whose DML is based on the relational calculus.
- double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
- dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- 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
- 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.
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- 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.
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
- flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
- fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
- functionalistic — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
- fungistatically — in a fungistatic manner
- gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
- gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
- hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- hundred's place — hundred (def 8).