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15-letter words containing c, o, a, e

  • adjective group — An adjective group or adjectival group is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football'. An adjective group can also consist simply of an adjective.
  • adjectivization — Grammar. to make into an adjective, as by adding a suffix: The noun mirth can be adjectivized by adding -ful or -less to form the adjectives mirthful and mirthless.
  • adoption agency — an agency that matches children needing adoption with people willing to adopt
  • adrenalectomies — Plural form of adrenalectomy.
  • adrenoreceptors — Plural form of adrenoreceptor.
  • adult education — Adult education is education for adults in a variety of subjects, most of which are practical, not academic. Classes are often held in the evenings.
  • advantage court — the receiver's left-hand service court, into which the ball is served when one side has the advantage.
  • advocate depute — a Scottish law officer with the functions of public prosecutor
  • aegyptopithecus — a genus of extinct anthropoid ape of the Oligocene Period known from remains found in Egypt.
  • aerobic dancing — a system of exercises combining aerobics with dance steps and usually done to music.
  • aerodynamically — the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases and with the effects of such motion on bodies in the medium. Compare aerostatics (def 1).
  • aerodynamicists — Plural form of aerodynamicist.
  • aeroplane cloth — a strong fabric made from cotton, linen, and nylon yarns, used for some light aircraft fuselages and wings
  • afternoon watch — the watch from noon until 4 p.m.
  • aggregate score — a score calculated by adding the results of several matches
  • air conditioned — If a room or vehicle is air conditioned, the air in it is kept cool and dry by means of a special machine.
  • air conditioner — An air conditioner is a machine which keeps the air in a building cool and dry.
  • air force cross — a U.S. Air Force decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in action
  • airborne attack — an attack involving airborne troops
  • aix-en-provence — a city and spa in SE France: the medieval capital of Provence. Pop: 145 721 (2006)
  • 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.
  • 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
  • all mockered up — dressed up
  • 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.
  • allorecognition — The ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.
  • 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)
  • 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
  • ambrose channel — a ship channel at the entrance to New York harbor, near Sandy Hook. 7½ miles (12 km) long.
  • ambulatory care — care given at a hospital to non-resident patients, including minor surgery and outpatient treatment
  • amegakaryocytic — Characterized by a lack of megakaryocytes.
  • amenity society — a voluntary society established with the purpose of preserving historic art and architecture
  • american copper — a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic weight: 63.54; atomic number: 29; specific gravity: 8.92 at 20°C.
  • american cotton — upland cotton.
  • american gothic — a painting (1930) by Grant Wood.
  • american legion — an association of former member of the US armed forces
  • american smooth — a style of competitive ballroom dancing which incorporates elements of Latin dance
  • american wigeon — a bird of North America, Anas americana, that is similar to the wigeon; the male has a white crown
  • americanization — Americanization is the process by which people or countries become more and more similar to Americans and the United States.
  • americanologist — a foreign expert or specialist in American cultural or political matters: a leading Americanologist in the Kremlin.
  • aminoglycosides — Plural form of aminoglycoside.
  • anacostia river — a river in the District of Columbia flowing into the Potomac River. about 24 miles (39 km) long.
  • 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
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