15-letter words containing c, o, l, r, s
- bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
- british council — an organization founded (1934) to extend the influence of British culture and education throughout the world
- british telecom — the popular name for British Telecommunications Group plc, the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband internet provider in the United Kingdom
- bromoil process — a process for making an offset reproduction by first making a photographic print on paper with a silver bromide emulsion, wetting it, and then using it as a lithographic plate, the lighter parts of the emulsion tending to repel the oil base of the ink and the darker parts tending to hold it.
- bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
- bullock's heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
- bullock's-heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
- calcareous clay — soil with high limestone content
- calcareous tufa — tufa
- california rose — a cultivated variety of a bindweed, Calystegia hederacea, having showy, double, rose-colored flowers.
- camp counsellor — an adult supervisor assigned to a group of campers at a summer camp
- caprifoliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of N temperate shrubs, small trees, and climbers including honeysuckle, elder, and guelder-rose
- cardinal points — the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west
- cardinal vowels — a set of theoretical vowel sounds, based on the shape of the mouth needed to articulate them, that can be used to classify the vowel sounds of any speaker in any language
- cast-iron plant — any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant.
- casual labourer — a person who is employed on a temporary, rather than a permanent or regular basis
- categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
- cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
- cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
- cerebrovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels and the blood supply of the brain
- chamber counsel — a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court
- chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
- charles coulomb — Charles Augustin de [sharl oh-gy-stan duh] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1736–1806, French physicist and inventor.
- charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
- charlotte russe — a cold dessert made in a mould with sponge fingers enclosing a mixture of whipped cream, custard, etc
- charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
- chelsea tractor — a four-by-four
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- children's home — care institution for minors
- children's hour — a play (1934) by Lillian Hellman.
- chinless wonder — a person, esp an upper-class one, lacking strength of character
- cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- chondroskeleton — the cartilaginous part of the skeleton of vertebrates
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
- christmas carol — a joyful hymn or religious song, celebrating the birth of Christ
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
- church slavonic — Old Church Slavonic, esp as preserved in the liturgical use of the Orthodox church
- ciliary process — one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.
- circularisation — Alternative spelling of circularization.
- circumlocutions — Plural form of circumlocution.
- circumlocutious — Circumlocutional.
- circumvolutions — Plural form of circumvolution.
- city of bristol — a port and industrial city in SW England, mainly in Bristol unitary authority, on the River Avon seven miles from its mouth on the Bristol Channel: a major port, trading with America, in the 17th and 18th centuries; the modern port consists chiefly of docks at Avonmouth and Portishead; noted for the Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by I. K. Brunel, 1834) over the Avon gorge; Bristol university (1909) and University of the West of England (1992). Pop: 420 556 (2001)
- clare of assisi — Saint. 1194–1253, Italian nun; founder of the Franciscan Order of Poor Clares. Feast day: Aug 11
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.