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15-letter words containing c, r, o, s, n, d

  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
  • food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
  • food processing — transforming raw materials into food
  • gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
  • get one's cards — to be told to leave one's employment
  • gross indecency — sexual offence
  • hernando cortes — Hernando [er-nahn-daw] /ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), Hernán [er-nahn] /ɛrˈnɑn/ (Show IPA), 1485–1547, Spanish conqueror of Mexico.
  • horned screamer — a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.
  • hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
  • hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
  • hypochondriasis — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
  • idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
  • inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
  • inconsideration — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
  • incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
  • indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
  • inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
  • job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
  • lazaro cardenas — Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
  • marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
  • mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • microdissection — dissection performed under a microscope.
  • miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
  • miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • miscoordination — Lack of coordination.
  • monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
  • narcotics squad — a department of the police which investigates crimes concerning illegal drugs
  • newton's cradle — an ornamental puzzle consisting of a frame in which five metal balls are suspended in such a way that when one is moved it sets all the others in motion in turn
  • nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
  • nicobar islands — a group of 19 islands in the Indian Ocean, south of the Andaman Islands, with which they form a territory of India. Area: 1645 sq km (635 sq miles)
  • non-compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
  • non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • nondiscriminate — Not discriminate.
  • normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
  • nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
  • odontorhynchous — (of birds) having toothlike ridges inside the beak
  • on the decrease — decreasing
  • ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
  • organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
  • organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
  • osteochondritis — inflammation of bone and cartilage.
  • osteochondrosis — a disease of bone and cartilage growth centers in children that begins as a necrosis and is followed by regeneration or renewed calcification.
  • overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcrowdedness — filled to excess; packed.
  • post-production — In film and television, post-production is the work such as editing that takes place after the film has been shot.
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