15-letter words containing e, r, c, t, d
- ab urbe condita — from the founding of the city (Rome, about 753 b.c.). Abbreviation: A.U.C.
- accordion pleat — one of a series of narrow, evenly spaced parallel pleats with alternating raised and recessed folds set into cloth or other material, usually by a commercial pleating machine.
- acetyl chloride — a colourless pungent liquid used as an acetylating agent. Formula: CH3COCl
- acid test ratio — a ratio of cash, receivables, and marketable securities to current liabilities, used in determining credit risks.
- actinide series — a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium
- active hydrogen — hydrogen in the form of single atoms, rather than molecules, which makes it extremely reactive.
- adhesive factor — the ratio of the force that can be exerted on driving wheels with full traction to the weight on the driving wheels, usually expressed as a percentage.
- adjective group — An adjective group or adjectival group is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football'. An adjective group can also consist simply of an adjective.
- adrenalectomies — Plural form of adrenalectomy.
- adrenoreceptors — Plural form of adrenoreceptor.
- advanced credit — credit toward a degree allowed to a student by a college for courses taken elsewhere or for high scores on preliminary examinations
- advantage court — the receiver's left-hand service court, into which the ball is served when one side has the advantage.
- advent calendar — a large card with a brightly coloured sometimes tinselled design on it that contains small numbered doors for children to open on each of the days of Advent, revealing pictures beneath them
- aerodynamicists — Plural form of aerodynamicist.
- air conditioned — If a room or vehicle is air conditioned, the air in it is kept cool and dry by means of a special machine.
- air conditioner — An air conditioner is a machine which keeps the air in a building cool and dry.
- alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
- andrew of crete — a.d. c650–730, Greek poet and Orthodox archbishop of Crete.
- anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- anticancer drug — a drug used to treat cancer
- apostles' creed — a concise statement of Christian beliefs dating from about 500 ad, traditionally ascribed to the Apostles
- arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
- ascribed status — the social position assigned to a person on the basis of kinship, ethnic group, sex, etc.
- assured tenancy — an agreement between a government-approved body such as a housing association and a tenant for occupation of a newly-built house or flat at an agreed market rent, under which the tenant has security of tenure
- atlantic ridley — ridley (def 1).
- atlantic-ridley — ridley (def 1).
- audience rating — a figure based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
- autodestructive — likely to cause one's own destruction
- automatic drive — an automotive transmission requiring either very little or no manual shifting of gears.
- backseat driver — If you refer to a passenger in a car as a backseat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice about how to drive.
- barefoot doctor — (esp in developing countries) a worker trained as a medical auxiliary in a rural area who dispenses medicine, gives first aid, assists at childbirth, etc
- basic autocoder — Early system on IBM 7070. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- belt-and-braces — providing double security, in case one security measure should fail
- benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- beta-adrenergic — pertaining to or involving beta receptors
- bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
- biodestructible — biodegradable
- birch partridge — ruffed grouse
- bits per second — (communications, unit) (bps, b/s) The unit in which data rate is measured. For example, a modem's data rate is usually measured in kilobits per second. In 1996, the maximum modem speed for use on the PSTN was 33.6 kbps, rising to 56 kbps in 1997. Note that kilo- (k), mega- (M), etc. in data rates denote powers of 1000, not 1024.
- blank cartridge — a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal
- blending center — A blending center is a place for mixing fluids, gases, and powders.
- bloody butchers — a hardy plant, Trillium sessile, common from New York to Georgia and westward, having stalkless, purple or green flowers.
- board-certified — A doctor who is board-certified has passed tests and meets the standards of a board of specialists in their area of medicine.
- border incident — an incident, usually fighting, on a border between countries
- boustrophedonic — of or relating to lines written in opposite directions
- breeder reactor — a type of nuclear reactor that produces more fissionable material than it consumes
- cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
- calcined baryta — baryta (def 1).
- calcined-baryta — Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
- calculated risk — a chance of failure, the probability of which is estimated before some action is undertaken.
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