15-letter words containing c, l, o, s, e, n
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chestnut bottle — an American glass bottle or flask of the 19th century, having slightly flattened sides.
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- children's home — care institution for minors
- children's hour — a play (1934) by Lillian Hellman.
- chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
- chinless wonder — a person, esp an upper-class one, lacking strength of character
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- cholecystokinin — a hormone secreted by duodenal cells that stimulates the contraction of the gall bladder and secretion of pancreatic enzymes
- chondroskeleton — the cartilaginous part of the skeleton of vertebrates
- chopped almonds — almonds cut into small pieces
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- close communion — a communion service in which only members of the same denomination or the same church can participate.
- 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 position — (in ballet, modern dance, and jazz dance) any position in which the feet touch each other.
- closed sentence — a formula that contains no free occurrence of any variable
- closed universe — (in cosmology) a hypothetical expanding universe that contains sufficient matter to reverse the observed expansion through its gravitational contraction.
- closed-end fund — A closed-end fund is an investment with a limited number of shares that does not allow new investors.
- closed-end loan — A closed-end loan is a loan such as an auto loan, with fixed terms, and where the money is lent all at once and paid back by a particular date.
- coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
- college station — a city in E central Texas.
- college student — a student at a university or college
- collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
- color blindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- combustibleness — The state or quality of being combustible.
- come to oneself — to recover one's senses
- come up smiling — to recover cheerfully from misfortune
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commendableness — The state or quality of being commendable.
- commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- common shelduck — a large, brightly coloured gooselike duck of the Old World, Tadorna tadorna
- common-sensible — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
- commonplaceness — The state or quality of being commonplace.
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complementizers — Plural form of complementizer.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
- conceivableness — The state or quality of being conceivable.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- concern oneself — to busy oneself (with, about, over, in something); take an interest
- concurrent lisp — (language) A concurrent version of Lisp. Sugimoto et al implemented an interpreter on a "large scale computer" and were planning to implement it on multiple microprocessors.
- condescendingly — In a condescending manner.
- cone of silence — a space, in the shape of an inverted cone, above a radio beacon, in which there is a sharp reduction in the intensity of transmitted signals.
- confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere