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15-letter words containing c, r, e, a

  • aerodynamicists — Plural form of aerodynamicist.
  • aeroplane cloth — a strong fabric made from cotton, linen, and nylon yarns, used for some light aircraft fuselages and wings
  • africanized bee — a hybrid of African and European honeybees, developed in Brazil and known for its disease resistance and superior honey production
  • afternoon watch — the watch from noon until 4 p.m.
  • aggregate score — a score calculated by adding the results of several matches
  • agulhas current — a fast, warm ocean current flowing southwest along the SE coast of Africa
  • air conditioned — If a room or vehicle is air conditioned, the air in it is kept cool and dry by means of a special machine.
  • air conditioner — An air conditioner is a machine which keeps the air in a building cool and dry.
  • air force cross — a U.S. Air Force decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in action
  • airborne attack — an attack involving airborne troops
  • airmail sticker — a sticker that is put on airmail letters to make sure they are not sent by surface mail
  • airs and graces — If you refer to someone's airs and graces, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they think they are more important than other people.
  • aix-en-provence — a city and spa in SE France: the medieval capital of Provence. Pop: 145 721 (2006)
  • alaska purchase — purchase of the territory of Alaska by the U.S. from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. Compare Seward's Folly.
  • albany congress — a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan (Albany Plan of Union) for unifying the colonies.
  • alberta clipper — (in Canada) an area of low pressure that forms in winter near the Rocky Mountains
  • alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
  • alignment chart — nomogram.
  • all mockered up — dressed up
  • allegoricalness — the quality of being allegorical
  • allorecognition — The ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.
  • allyl mercaptan — a colorless liquid, C 3 H 6 S, having a strong, garlicky odor, used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.
  • alopecia areata — loss of hair in circumscribed patches.
  • alpine accentor — a small bird of the sparrow family, Prunella collaris, found especially in mountain regions of S Europe and Asia
  • alsace-lorraine — an area of NE France, comprising the modern regions of Alsace and Lorraine: under German rule 1871–1919 and 1940–44. Area: 14 522 sq km (5607 sq miles)
  • amaryllidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaryllidaceae, a family of widely cultivated flowering plants having bulbs and including the amaryllis, snowdrop, narcissus, and daffodil
  • ambrose channel — a ship channel at the entrance to New York harbor, near Sandy Hook. 7½ miles (12 km) long.
  • ambulance nurse — a nurse who works as part of an ambulance crew
  • ambulance train — a train designed to carry sick or injured people
  • ambulatory care — care given at a hospital to non-resident patients, including minor surgery and outpatient treatment
  • amegakaryocytic — Characterized by a lack of megakaryocytes.
  • america firster — a member or supporter of the America First Committee.
  • american beauty — a variety of hybrid, perennial red rose
  • american blight — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
  • american cheese — a type of smooth hard white or yellow cheese similar to a mild Cheddar
  • american copper — a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic weight: 63.54; atomic number: 29; specific gravity: 8.92 at 20°C.
  • american cotton — upland cotton.
  • american empire — a style of American furniture making and related crafts from c1815 to c1840, corresponding to the French Empire and late English Regency styles.
  • american gothic — a painting (1930) by Grant Wood.
  • american indian — American Indian people or things belong to or come from one of the native peoples of America.
  • american ipecac — a plant, Gillenia stipulata, of the rose family, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having white flowers on long stalks.
  • american league — one of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1900. Abbreviation: A.L.
  • american legion — an association of former member of the US armed forces
  • american linden — any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree. Compare linden family.
  • american marten — pine marten (def 2).
  • american smooth — a style of competitive ballroom dancing which incorporates elements of Latin dance
  • american wigeon — a bird of North America, Anas americana, that is similar to the wigeon; the male has a white crown
  • americanization — Americanization is the process by which people or countries become more and more similar to Americans and the United States.
  • americanologist — a foreign expert or specialist in American cultural or political matters: a leading Americanologist in the Kremlin.
  • amery ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SW Indian Ocean, bordered by Enderby Land on the N and American Highland on the W.
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