15-letter words containing c, u, l, p, a
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
- copenhagen blue — a greyish-blue colour
- 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
- corpus callosum — the band of white fibres that connects the cerebral hemispheres in mammals
- counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
- counterproposal — a proposal offered as an alternative to a previous proposal
- county palatine — the lands of a count palatine
- couples therapy — a counseling procedure that attempts to improve the adaptation and adjustment of two people who form a conjugal unit.
- court of appeal — A Court of Appeal is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
- crepuscular ray — a twilight ray of sunlight shining through breaks in high clouds and illuminating dust particles in the air.
- crystal pick-up — a record-player pick-up in which the current is generated by the deformation of a piezoelectric crystal caused by the movements of the stylus
- culture pattern — a group of interrelated culture traits of some continuity.
- cushion capital — a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
- customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
- cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
- double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
- eclipse plumage — the dull plumage developed in some brightly colored birds after the breeding season.
- elegiac couplet — a couplet composed of a dactylic hexameter followed by a dactylic pentameter
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- flange coupling — a driving coupling between rotating shafts that consists of flanges (or half couplings) one of which is fixed at the end of each shaft, the two flanges being bolted together with a ring of bolts to complete the drive
- foolscap quarto — a book size, 63⁄4 by 81⁄2 inches (foolscap quarto)
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
- graph colouring — (application) A constraint-satisfaction problem often used as a test case in research, which also turns out to be equivalent to certain real-world problems (e.g. register allocation). Given a connected graph and a fixed number of colours, the problem is to assign a colour to each node, subject to the constraint that any two connected nodes cannot be assigned the same colour. This is an example of an NP-complete problem. See also four colour map theorem.
- hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- interperceptual — occurring between periods of perceiving
- iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- laptop computer — portable computer
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
- lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
- multiple access — multiplexing
- multiple factor — polygene.