15-letter words containing c, u, l, t, e, s
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- hercules beetle — a large Neotropical rhinoceros beetle, Dynastes hercules.
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
- hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- in difficulties — in distress, esp. financially
- inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
- ineffectualness — Inefficacy.
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- intellectualise — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
- intellectualism — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- intellectualist — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- interfascicular — pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interlacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- kitchen utensil — a utensil intended for use in a kitchen, such as a chopping board, saucepan, or knife
- knuckle-dusters — brass knuckles.
- 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.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
- liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
- listed security — a security that is quoted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and appears in its Official List of Securities
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
- medical student — trainee doctor
- medical studies — a course of study leading to qualification as a doctor of medicine
- medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
- metallic luster — luster1 (def 8).
- methylcellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
- miner's lettuce — winter purslane.
- mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.
- multical system — E-mail: Richard Snodgrass <[email protected]>.
- multidiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- multiliteracies — Plural form of multiliteracy.
- multiple access — multiplexing
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
- multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
- muscle relaxant — A muscle relaxant is any drug which relaxes muscles and may be used to treat muscle spasms and muscle pain.
- musculoskeletal — concerning, involving, or made up of both the muscles and the bones: the musculoskeletal system.
- musical statues — a children's party game in which players run around while music is played. Whenever the music stops, the players have to stand motionless. Anyone who moves is out
- natural justice — accepted moral principles
- natural science — a science or knowledge of objects or processes observable in nature, as biology or physics, as distinguished from the abstract or theoretical sciences, as mathematics or philosophy.
- neurolinguistic — pertaining to neurolinguistics