15-letter words containing c, l
- agranulocytosis — a serious and sometimes fatal illness characterized by a marked reduction of leucocytes, usually caused by hypersensitivity to certain drugs
- agriculturalist — An agriculturalist is someone who is an expert on agriculture and who advises farmers.
- agulhas current — a fast, warm ocean current flowing southwest along the SE coast of Africa
- airmail sticker — a sticker that is put on airmail letters to make sure they are not sent by surface mail
- aix-la-chapelle — Aachen
- alaska purchase — purchase of the territory of Alaska by the U.S. from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. Compare Seward's Folly.
- albany congress — a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan (Albany Plan of Union) for unifying the colonies.
- alberta clipper — (in Canada) an area of low pressure that forms in winter near the Rocky Mountains
- alcohol content — the amount of alcohol that is present in an alcoholic drink
- alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
- algorithmically — Using an algorithm.
- alignment chart — nomogram.
- all mockered up — dressed up
- all-risk policy — An all-risk policy is an insurance policy that covers all loss or damage however it is caused, apart from any stated exceptions.
- all-you-can-eat — An all-you-can-eat buffet or restaurant is a buffet or restaurant at which you pay a fixed price, no matter how much or how little you eat.
- allegoricalness — the quality of being allegorical
- allelochemicals — Plural form of allelochemical.
- allemande sauce — a velouté thickened and enriched with egg yolk.
- allorecognition — The ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.
- allotriomorphic — (of minerals) not having their own regular shape (as determined by their internal structure) but being shaped instead by adjacent minerals
- allyl mercaptan — a colorless liquid, C 3 H 6 S, having a strong, garlicky odor, used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.
- alopecia areata — loss of hair in circumscribed patches.
- alpha-cellulose — a refined, insoluble form of cellulose derived from cotton or wood pulp, and used in manufacturing
- alpine accentor — a small bird of the sparrow family, Prunella collaris, found especially in mountain regions of S Europe and Asia
- alpine combined — a competition for Alpine skiers in a combination of downhill and slalom races, the winner having the highest total score.
- alsace-lorraine — an area of NE France, comprising the modern regions of Alsace and Lorraine: under German rule 1871–1919 and 1940–44. Area: 14 522 sq km (5607 sq miles)
- alta california — a former Spanish colony of New Spain, in the modern-day states of California, Nevada, and N Arizona: ceded by Mexico to the United States 1848.
- aluminosilicate — a silicate in which some of the silicon in the tetrahedral unit SiO4 has been replaced by aluminium
- amaryllidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaryllidaceae, a family of widely cultivated flowering plants having bulbs and including the amaryllis, snowdrop, narcissus, and daffodil
- ambisyllabicity — (poetry) The property of a consonant being analysed as acting simultaneously as the coda of one syllable and the onset of the following syllable.
- ambrose channel — a ship channel at the entrance to New York harbor, near Sandy Hook. 7½ miles (12 km) long.
- ambulance nurse — a nurse who works as part of an ambulance crew
- ambulance train — a train designed to carry sick or injured people
- ambulatory care — care given at a hospital to non-resident patients, including minor surgery and outpatient treatment
- american blight — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
- american league — one of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1900. Abbreviation: A.L.
- american legion — an association of former member of the US armed forces
- american linden — any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree. Compare linden family.
- americanologist — a foreign expert or specialist in American cultural or political matters: a leading Americanologist in the Kremlin.
- amery ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SW Indian Ocean, bordered by Enderby Land on the N and American Highland on the W.
- amicable number — either of a pair of positive integers in which each member is equal to the sum of the submultiples of the other, as 220 and 284.
- aminoglycosides — Plural form of aminoglycoside.
- ammunition clip — a device for storing rounds of ammunition and feeding them into a weapon
- amphitheatrical — Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
- anacoluthically — in an anacoluthic manner
- anaesthetically — by means of an anaesthetic
- analog computer — a mechanical, electrical, or electronic computer that performs arithmetical operations by using some variable physical quantity, such as mechanical movement or voltage, to represent numbers
- analogous color — Art. any one of a group of related colors that are near each other on the color wheel, a circular chart that shows gradations of color: Red, orange, and yellow are analogous colors. Compare complementary color (def 1a).
- anamorphic lens — a component in the optical system of a film projector for converting standard 35mm film images into wide-screen format
- ancylostomiasis — infestation of the human intestine with blood-sucking hookworms, causing progressive anaemia