15-letter words containing c, o, e, l, i
- 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.
- techno-thriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
- technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- telescopic lens — a lens that makes distant objects appear larger and brighter
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tertiary colour — a colour formed by mixing two secondary colours
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
- the paleolithic — the Paleolithic period, subdivided into the Lower (to c. 150,000 b.c.), Middle (to c. 38,000 b.c.), and Upper stages; Old Stone Age
- the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
- the riot police — the section of the police force that is trained to deal with people who cause trouble in public places
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- ticket of leave — (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.
- 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.
- tractor-trailer — a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- trichloroacetic — as in trichloroacetic acid
- trichloroethane — a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
- tricolor camera — a camera for taking color photographs in which three separation negatives are exposed simultaneously by splitting the light from the subject with prisms and mirrors, and exposing through appropriate filters.
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- ultracommercial — concerned with nothing but profit
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- ultramicrometer — a micrometer calibrated to a very fine scale and capable of measuring extremely small magnitudes.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
- un-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- 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.
- uncanonicalness — the quality or condition of being uncanonical
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- unceremoniously — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- uncompanionable — not companionable or friendly; antisocial
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- unexceptionable — not offering any basis for exception or objection; beyond criticism: an unexceptionable record of achievement.
- union catalogue — a catalogue listing every publication held at cooperating libraries
- unobjectionable — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
- unobjectionably — without objection
- unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.