15-letter words containing c, l, a, w, e
- label switching — (networking) A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. Label switching combines the best attributes of data link layer (layer two) switching (as in ATM and Frame Relay) with the best attributes of network layer (layer three) routing (as in IP). Prior to the formation of the MPLS Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching.
- law-enforcement — of police, anti-crime
- legacy software — legacy system
- level two cache — secondary cache
- low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
- low-maintenance — requiring little attention or upkeep
- make allowances — to take mitigating circumstances into account in consideration (of)
- make sb welcome — If you make someone welcome or make them feel welcome, you make them feel happy and accepted in a new place.
- mechanical twin — a crystalline twin formed by the strain set up by an applied force.
- moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
- newton's cradle — an ornamental puzzle consisting of a frame in which five metal balls are suspended in such a way that when one is moved it sets all the others in motion in turn
- nuclear warhead — a warhead containing a fission or fusion bomb.
- nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
- once in a while — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
- prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
- psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
- raw milk cheese — cheese or a cheese made with unpasteurized milk
- research fellow — A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
- royal worcester — Worcester china made after 1862
- shockwave flash — flash
- snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
- stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
- stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
- sweet chocolate — cocoa product with high sugar content
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- the black watch — (formerly) the Royal Highland Regiment in the British Army; (since 2006) an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
- the common weal — the good of society
- the public weal — the public good; the good of society
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
- wallace nutting — Wallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator.
- walleye pollock — a cod, Theragra chalcogramma, ranging the northern Pacific, that is related to and resembles the pollock.
- wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
- walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
- watch the clock — If you are watching the clock, you keep looking to see what time it is, usually because you are bored by something and want it to end as soon as possible.
- wechsler scales — a group of intelligence tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) later revised (WAIS-R) the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) later revised (WISC-R) the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale, no longer used, all of which emphasize performance and verbal skills and give separate scores for subtests in vocabulary, arithmetic, memory span, assembly of objects, and other abilities.
- weimar republic — the German republic (1919–33), founded at Weimar.
- welfare officer — a person who gives people help and advice
- well trajectory — The well trajectory is the direction in which the well is drilled.
- well-accredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
- well-acquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- well-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- well-man clinic — a clinic at which men's general health, lifestyle, and sexual performance are monitored and advice is given
- welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
- wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)