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15-letter words containing e, d

  • corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
  • coromandel work — lacquer work popular in England c1700 and marked by an incised design filled in with gold and color.
  • corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
  • correspondences — communication by exchange of letters.
  • correspondently — in a correspondent manner
  • correspondingly — You use correspondingly when describing a situation which is closely connected with one you have just mentioned or is similar to it.
  • corrugated iron — a thin structural sheet made of iron or steel, formed with alternating ridges and troughs
  • corticosteroids — Plural form of corticosteroid.
  • cottage pudding — plain cake covered with a sweet sauce
  • cottonseed cake — cotton cake.
  • cottonseed meal — the residue of cottonseed kernels from which oil has been extracted, used as fodder or fertilizer
  • coude telescope — a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is reflected along the polar axis to additional mirrors, and in which the focus (coudé focus) is independent of the telescope's motion, permitting the use of heavy instruments without disturbing the delicate balance of the telescope.
  • could care less — feel(s) the least possible degree of interest, sympathy, etc.
  • counterattacked — Simple past tense and past participle of counterattack.
  • counterbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of counterbalance.
  • counterblockade — a retaliatory blockade
  • counterevidence — evidence that refutes other evidence
  • countermandable — able to be countermanded
  • countertendency — an opposite tendency
  • counterweighted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweight.
  • country dweller — a person who lives in the country
  • coup de theatre — a dramatic turn of events, esp in a play
  • coureur de bois — a French Canadian woodsman or Métis who traded with Native Americans for furs
  • course of study — an extended period of organized study, often leading to a qualification
  • court of record — a court which has a permanent record of its proceedings maintained
  • covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
  • cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
  • cracked gas oil — Cracked gas oil is a gas oil which is formed as one of the products of a gas reaction.
  • cracked residue — Cracked residue is the substance that is left when hydrocarbons in fuel have decomposed during thermal or catalytic cracking.
  • cradle snatcher — someone who marries or has an affair with a much younger person
  • cradle-to-grave — extending throughout one's life, from birth to death: a cradle-to-grave system of health care.
  • cranberry gourd — a South American vine, Abobra tenuifolia, of the gourd family, having deeply lobed, ovate leaves and bearing a berrylike scarlet fruit.
  • cream-crackered — exhausted
  • credibility gap — A credibility gap is the difference between what a person says or promises and what they actually think or do.
  • credit mobilier — a joint-stock company organized in 1863 and reorganized in 1867 to build the Union Pacific Railroad. It was involved in a scandal in 1872 in which high government officials were accused of accepting bribes.
  • credit standing — reputation for discharging financial obligations
  • credit transfer — A credit transfer is a direct payment of money from one bank account into another.
  • credit-crunched — adversely affected by a credit crunch
  • creditor nation — a nation that owes less to foreign and international bodies than they owe to it
  • creme de cassis — a sweet, purplish-red liqueur flavored with black currants
  • creme de fraise — a liqueur flavored principally with strawberries.
  • creme de menthe — a liqueur flavoured with peppermint, usually bright green in colour
  • crescent-shaped — having the shape of a crescent
  • crestone needle — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,197 feet (4330 meters).
  • criminal damage — intentionally damaging property that belongs to someone else, including public property
  • criminal record — a list of a person's criminal convictions
  • critical period — a period in a lifetime during which a specific stage of development usually occurs. If it fails to do so, it cannot readily occur afterwards
  • crocodile river — a river in N South Africa, rising north of Johannesburg and flowing north-westerly into the Marico River on the Botswanan border; a tributary of the Limpopo
  • crocodile tears — If someone is crying crocodile tears, their tears and sadness are not genuine or sincere.
  • crohn's disease — inflammation, thickening, and ulceration of any of various parts of the intestine, esp the ileum
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