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15-letter words containing c, r, e, o, l

  • complementarily — In a complementary manner.
  • complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
  • complementizers — Plural form of complementizer.
  • complete theory — (logic)   An abstract logical theory in which all true statements have formal proofs within the theory.
  • complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • compound flower — a flower head made up of many small flowers appearing as a single bloom, as in the daisy
  • comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
  • comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
  • compressed slip — (networking)   (CSLIP) VanJacobsen TCP header compression. A version of SLIP using compression. CSLIP has no effect on the data portion of the packet and has nothing to do with compression by modem. It does reduce the TCP header from 40 bytes to 7 bytes, a noticeable difference when doing telnet with lots of little packets. CSLIP has no effect on UDP, only TCP.
  • compressibility — the ability to be compressed
  • compromise rail — a rail for linking rails having different sections.
  • comptrollership — controller (def 1).
  • concealed-carry — the practice of carrying a concealed gun or other weapon in public.
  • concern oneself — to busy oneself (with, about, over, in something); take an interest
  • concrete jungle — If you refer to a city or area as a concrete jungle, you mean that it has a lot of modern buildings and you think it is ugly or unpleasant to live in.
  • concurrent lisp — (language)   A concurrent version of Lisp. Sugimoto et al implemented an interpreter on a "large scale computer" and were planning to implement it on multiple microprocessors.
  • conference call — A conference call is a phone call in which more than two people take part.
  • conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
  • congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
  • conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
  • congress-people — congressmember.
  • congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
  • consideratively — in a considerative manner
  • container class — (programming)   A class whose instances are collections of other objects. Examples include arrays, lists, queues and stacks. A container class typically provides methods such as count, insert, delete and search.
  • contraclockwise — Counterclockwise.
  • contract killer — a person hired to commit a murder
  • contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
  • contraflow lane — a traffic lane whose normal direction is reversed temporarily
  • contralaterally — In a contralateral manner.
  • contrapropeller — one of two propellers, usually attached to a ship or aircraft, which rotates in the opposite direction to the other
  • control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
  • controlled drug — a drug whose sale is illegal except through prescribed medical channels
  • controller bias — In a control loop, the controller bias is a constant amount added to or subtracted from the action that a controller would normally take with a particular gain.
  • controller gain — In a control loop, the controller gain is the strength of action a controller will take at a particular point below or above the setpoint.
  • controversially — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • converging lens — a lens that converts parallel rays of light to convergent rays and produces a real image.
  • converted steel — cement steel.
  • convertibleness — The state of being convertible; convertibility.
  • coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
  • cooling process — the process of becoming cooler
  • copper sulphate — a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4
  • copper-coloured — of a reddish-brown colour
  • cordillera real — a range of the Andes, in Bolivia. Highest peak, Illimani, 21,201 feet (6462 meters).
  • core curriculum — a group of subjects that all students in a certain type of school or of a certain age must study
  • coriolis effect — a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the Earth when observed from the Earth. The deflection is due to the Earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole
  • corkscrew curls — locks of hair curled to hang in a spiral shape
  • corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
  • cornflower blue — a deep vivid blue, like that of the typical blooms of a cornflower
  • coromandel work — lacquer work popular in England c1700 and marked by an incised design filled in with gold and color.
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