15-letter words containing c, o, r, p, e
- cache la poudre — a river in N Colorado, flowing N and E to the South Platte River. 126 miles (203 km) long.
- camera operator — a person who operates a film or television camera
- camp counsellor — an adult supervisor assigned to a group of campers at a summer camp
- campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
- camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
- cape gooseberry — a tropical American solanaceous plant, Physalis peruviana, naturalized in southern Africa, having yellow flowers and edible yellow berries
- cape horn fever — illness feigned by malingerers.
- 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
- car transporter — a vehicle for carrying automobiles
- carpometacarpal — Anatomy. of or relating to the carpus and the metacarpus.
- carpometacarpus — a bone in the wing of a bird that consists of the metacarpal bones and some of the carpal bones fused together
- cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
- castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
- casters-up mode — [IBM, probably from slang belly up] Yet another synonym for "broken" or "down". Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is "down" may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is "casters up" is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for fixing it).
- castner process — a process for extracting sodium from sodium hydroxide, devised by Hamilton Young Castner (1858–98)
- cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
- cephalochordate — any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; lancelet
- cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
- cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
- chairpersonship — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chandler period — the period of the oscillation (Chandler wobble) of the earth's axis, varying between 416 and 433 days.
- charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
- check protector — checkwriter.
- chemoautotrophs — Plural form of chemoautotroph.
- chemoautotrophy — the process of deriving energy through oxidizing inorganic chemical compounds, as opposed to photosynthesis
- chemolithotroph — Chemoautotroph.
- chemoprevention — the prevention of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents
- chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
- chest protector — a protective pad worn over the chest by a catcher or umpire to shield the body from foul tips.
- chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
- chiropterophily — Pollination by bats.
- chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- chorale prelude — a composition for organ using a chorale as a cantus firmus or as the basis for variations
- chromatographer — A person skilled in chromatography or who operates a chromatograph.
- chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
- ciliary process — one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.
- cineangiography — the use of motion-picture recording to trace the passage of dye through blood vessels, for the diagnosis of heart and blood vessel disease
- cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
- cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
- cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
- cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
- cineradiography — the filming of motion pictures through a fluoroscope or x-ray machine.
- cleptoparasites — Plural form of cleptoparasite.
- clouded leopard — a feline, Neofelis nebulosa, of SE Asia and Indonesia with a yellowish-brown coat marked with darker spots and blotches
- come up for air — rise to water's surface
- commit to paper — to write down; record
- committeeperson — a member of a committee.
- common property — property belonging to all members of a community.
- company manners — rules of politeness that people, esp children, are supposed to observe in the presence of other people