15-letter words containing c, o, e, l, a, n
- secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
- secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
- self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
- self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-dedication — the act of dedicating.
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- semicolonialism — the state of being semicolonial
- silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- social distance — the extent to which individuals or groups are removed from or excluded from participating in one another's lives.
- social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
- social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
- society islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific: administratively part of French Polynesia; consists of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands; became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880. Pop: 214 445 (2002). Area: 1595 sq km (616 sq miles)
- source language — the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1).
- special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
- special session — a session, as of a legislature or council, called to meet in addition to those held regularly.
- splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
- synecdochically — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- the common weal — the good of society
- the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- to lose contact — If you lose contact with someone who you have been friendly with, you no longer see them, speak to them, or write to them.
- tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
- torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- trichloroethane — a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
- trochlear nerve — either one of the fourth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the upper part of the eyeball.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- un-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- un-come-at-able — not accessible
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
- uncanonicalness — the quality or condition of being uncanonical
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- uncompanionable — not companionable or friendly; antisocial