15-letter words containing c, o, l, n, e
- antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
- antitheoretical — opposed to or contradicting a theory
- antituberculous — (medicine) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis.
- apartment block — building: flats, apartments
- apostolicalness — The state or quality of being apostolical.
- apple macintosh — Macintosh
- architectonical — Alternative form of architectonic.
- ascending colon — the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs.
- at the controls — If someone is at the controls of a machine or other piece of equipment, they are operating it.
- autocorrelation — the condition occurring when successive items in a series are correlated so that their covariance is not zero and they are not independent
- autofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting autofluorescence.
- balance control — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
- ballroom dancer — a person who participates in ballroom dancing
- barcelona chair — an armless, padded leather chair on a steel frame shaped like a curved X: Barcelona is a trademark for this chair
- base technology — (company) The company which developed and distributes Liana. E-mail: Jack Krupansky <[email protected]> (owner). Address: Base Technology, Attn: Jack Krupansky, 1500 Mass. Ave. NW #114 Washington, DC 2005, USA. 800-786-9505 Telephone: +1 800 876 9505.
- beach goldenrod — a composite plant, Solidago sempervirens, of eastern and southern North America, having a thick stem and large, branched, one-sided terminal clusters of yellow flowers, flourishing on sea beaches or salt marshes.
- benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- benzal chloride — a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.
- benzyl chloride — a colorless, corrosive liquid, C 7 H 7 Cl, used chiefly as an intermediate in the synthesis of benzyl compounds.
- bessel function — one of several transcendental functions, usually represented as power series, that are solutions to a group of related differential equations.
- bicycle touring — the activity of touring on a bicycle
- bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
- bioluminescence — the production of light by living organisms as a result of the oxidation of a light-producing substance (luciferin) by the enzyme luciferase: occurs in many marine organisms, insects such as the firefly, etc
- biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
- black horehound — a hairy unpleasant-smelling chiefly Mediterranean plant, Ballota nigra, having clusters of purple flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
- black snakeroot — a tall bugbane, Cimicifuga racemosa, of the buttercup family, of eastern North America, having thin, tapering, toothed or deeply cut leaflets and branched clusters of small, white flowers.
- bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
- blagoveshchensk — a city and port in E Russia, in Siberia on the Amur River. Pop: 222 000 (2005 est)
- blast injection — the injection of liquid fuel directly into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine using a blast of high-pressure air to atomize the spray of fuel
- blockade runner — a person, ship etc that tries to carry goods through a blockade
- blockade-runner — a ship or person that passes through a blockade.
- blow one's cool — (of the wind or air) to be in motion.
- blow one's cork — to lose one's temper; become enraged
- blueback salmon — sockeye salmon.
- borderline case — a person or thing that is not clearly classifiable as something
- bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
- bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
- bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
- bronzed grackle — the western subspecies of the American bird, the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula versicolor, having bronzy, iridescent plumage.
- brooklyn center — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- business school — A business school is a school or college which teaches business subjects such as economics and management.
- cacodaemoniacal — Demonic; evil.
- calamine lotion — a soothing lotion containing calamine
- calendarization — the process of calendarizing
- california rose — a cultivated variety of a bindweed, Calystegia hederacea, having showy, double, rose-colored flowers.
- call into being — to create
- calvin coolidge — Calvin, 1872–1933, 30th president of the U.S. 1923–29.
- camp counsellor — an adult supervisor assigned to a group of campers at a summer camp
- canadian legion — a national social club for veterans of the Canadian armed services.