15-letter words containing c, l, o, n, t
- anticonvulsants — Plural form of anticonvulsant.
- antieducational — opposing the provision of knowledge
- antiforeclosure — opposed to the process of foreclosure
- antilock brakes — brakes fitted to some road vehicles that prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antimonarchical — opposed to the monarchy
- antimony glance — stibnite
- antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
- antitheoretical — opposed to or contradicting a theory
- antituberculous — (medicine) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis.
- apartment block — building: flats, apartments
- apostolicalness — The state or quality of being apostolical.
- apple macintosh — Macintosh
- architectonical — Alternative form of architectonic.
- association law — any law governing the association of ideas
- astronautically — In an astronautic way.
- at the controls — If someone is at the controls of a machine or other piece of equipment, they are operating it.
- atlantic salmon — a valuable food and game fish, Salmo salar, mainly of northern coastal Atlantic waters or, when spawning, in freshwater streams tributary to the ocean.
- autocannibalism — The eating of part of one's own body.
- autocollimation — the process used in an autocollimator.
- autocorrelation — the condition occurring when successive items in a series are correlated so that their covariance is not zero and they are not independent
- autofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting autofluorescence.
- autoinoculation — the inoculation of microorganisms (esp viruses) from one part of the body into another, usually in the form of a vaccine
- balance control — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
- base technology — (company) The company which developed and distributes Liana. E-mail: Jack Krupansky <[email protected]> (owner). Address: Base Technology, Attn: Jack Krupansky, 1500 Mass. Ave. NW #114 Washington, DC 2005, USA. 800-786-9505 Telephone: +1 800 876 9505.
- benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- bessel function — one of several transcendental functions, usually represented as power series, that are solutions to a group of related differential equations.
- bicycle touring — the activity of touring on a bicycle
- bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
- bioaccumulation — the process in which industrial waste, toxic chemicals, etc. gradually accumulate in living tissue
- bituminous coal — a soft black coal, rich in volatile hydrocarbons, that burns with a smoky yellow flame. Fixed carbon content: 46–86 per cent; calorific value: 1.93 × 107 – 3.63 × 107 J/kg
- black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
- black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
- black snakeroot — a tall bugbane, Cimicifuga racemosa, of the buttercup family, of eastern North America, having thin, tapering, toothed or deeply cut leaflets and branched clusters of small, white flowers.
- blast injection — the injection of liquid fuel directly into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine using a blast of high-pressure air to atomize the spray of fuel
- blotch printing — a fabric-printing method in which the ground color is transferred from the cylinder and the motif retains the original hue of the cloth.
- bodily function — A person's bodily functions are the normal physical processes that regularly occur in their body, particularly the ability to urinate and defecate.
- bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
- bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
- british council — an organization founded (1934) to extend the influence of British culture and education throughout the world
- bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
- brooklyn center — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- buffalo currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes odoratum, of the central U.S., having showy, drooping clusters of fragrant yellow flowers and edible black fruit.
- by all accounts — according to everyone
- calamine lotion — a soothing lotion containing calamine
- calendarization — the process of calendarizing
- call into being — to create
- call to account — to insist on explanation
- calydonian hunt — the pursuit by Meleager, Atalanta, and others of a savage boar (Calydonian boar) sent by Artemis to lay waste to Calydon.
- cannibalisation — Alternative form of cannibalization.
- cannibalization — to subject to cannibalism.