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15-letter words containing e, o, l

  • cauliflower ear — permanent swelling and distortion of the external ear as the result of ruptures of the blood vessels: usually caused by blows received in boxing
  • cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
  • cavalry officer — an officer in a cavalry regiment
  • celandine poppy — a poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum, of the east-central U.S., having one pair of deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers.
  • celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
  • cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
  • celo-navigation — celestial navigation.
  • central locking — a system by which all the doors of a motor vehicle can be locked simultaneously when the driver's door is locked
  • centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
  • cephalochordate — any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; lancelet
  • cephalohematoma — A hemorrhage of blood between the skull and periosteum of a newborn baby secondary to rupture of blood vessels crossing the periosteum.
  • cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
  • cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
  • cerebral cortex — the outermost layer of the cerebrum that is the locus of higher brain processes
  • cerebrovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels and the blood supply of the brain
  • ceylon cinnamon — the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
  • chamber counsel — a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court
  • chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
  • chandler period — the period of the oscillation (Chandler wobble) of the earth's axis, varying between 416 and 433 days.
  • chandler wobble — a slight, irregular nutation of the earth's rotational axis with a period of c. 428 days
  • channel hopping — (chat)   To rapidly switch channels on IRC, or a GEnie chat board. This term may derive from the TV idiom, "channel surfing".
  • channel-hopping — Channel-hopping means switching quickly between different television channels because you are looking for something interesting to watch.
  • charcoal burner — (formerly) a person whose work was making charcoal by burning
  • charcoal-burner — a device that burns charcoal, as a stove or brazier.
  • charles coulomb — Charles Augustin de [sharl oh-gy-stan duh] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1736–1806, French physicist and inventor.
  • charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
  • charles simonyi — (person)   Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
  • charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
  • charlotte russe — a cold dessert made in a mould with sponge fingers enclosing a mixture of whipped cream, custard, etc
  • charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
  • chelsea tractor — a four-by-four
  • chemical toilet — a toilet in which waste is treated with chemicals
  • chemolithotroph — Chemoautotroph.
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chenopodium oil — a colorless or yellowish oil obtained from the seeds and leaves of Mexican tea, used chiefly in medicine as an agent for killing or expelling intestinal worms.
  • chestnut bottle — an American glass bottle or flask of the 19th century, having slightly flattened sides.
  • chicken cholera — fowl cholera.
  • chicken colonel — an officer with the rank of full colonel
  • chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
  • chief of police — (in the US) the head of a regional or municipal police department
  • child endowment — a social security payment for dependent children
  • children of god — a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.
  • children's home — care institution for minors
  • children's hour — a play (1934) by Lillian Hellman.
  • chile con carne — chili con carne
  • chili con carne — Chili con carne is a dish made from meat, with a thick sauce of tomatoes, and powdered or fresh chilies.
  • chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
  • chinless wonder — a person, esp an upper-class one, lacking strength of character
  • chiropterophily — Pollination by bats.
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