15-letter words containing c, u, l, e
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
- nonconceptually — In a nonconceptual manner.
- nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
- nonintellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
- nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
- nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
- nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
- nuclear reactor — reactor (def 4).
- nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- nuclear warhead — a warhead containing a fission or fusion bomb.
- nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
- nucleophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being nucleophilic.
- nucleosynthesis — the formation of new atomic nuclei by nuclear reactions, thought to occur in the interiors of stars and in the early stages of development of the universe.
- nucleosynthetic — Of or pertaining to nucleosynthesis.
- nuisance caller — someone who makes an unsolicited telephone call such as a prank call or a call for telemarketing purposes
- object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
- oblique section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane that is other than parallel or perpendicular to its longest axis.
- obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
- oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
- office building — building containing offices
- oligonucleotide — a chain of a few nucleotides.
- organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
- ostreiculturist — a person who breeds oysters
- out in the cold — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- over-articulate — excessively articulate
- over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
- over-particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- over-scrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
- over-solicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- parallel cousin — a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's sister or of one's father's brother.
- passifloraceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Passifloraceae, a tropical and subtropical family of climbing plants including the passionflowers: the flowers have five petals and threadlike parts forming a dense mass (corona) around the central disc
- pastel-coloured — pale-coloured; in a shade such as pink or pale blue
- pectoral muscle — muscle of the chest
- peculiar people — a small sect of faith healers founded in London in 1838, having no ministers or external organization
- pedunculate oak — a large deciduous oak tree, Quercus robur, of Eurasia, having lobed leaves and stalked acorns
- pendulum effect — Also called pendulum law. Physics. a law, discovered by Galileo in 1602, that describes the regular, swinging motion of a pendulum by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
- penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
- percussion lock — a gunlock on a firearm that fires by striking a percussion cap.
- percussion tool — a power driven tool which operates by striking rapid blows: the power may be electricity or compressed air
- perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
- peroxysulphuric — as in peroxysulphuric acid
- perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- perpetual check — a continuing series of checks resulting in a drawn game because they cannot be halted or evaded without resulting in checkmate or a serious disadvantage.
- perseus cluster — a cluster of about 500 galaxies in the direction of the constellation Perseus, grouped around a particular Seyfert galaxy that is an intense radio source (Perseus A)