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15-letter words containing i, l, t

  • cast-iron plant — any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant.
  • cataclysmically — of, relating to, or resulting from a cataclysm.
  • catalina island — Santa Catalina.
  • catallactically — by or in the manner of exchange
  • categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
  • category killer — a person, product, or business that dominates a particular market
  • catharine wheel — Catherine wheel.
  • cathedral choir — the choir, traditionally consisting of boys and men, that sings in cathedral services
  • catherine wheel — A Catherine wheel is a firework in the shape of a circle which spins round and round.
  • catholic church — any of several Churches claiming to have maintained continuity with the ancient and undivided Church
  • catholic school — a school that includes instruction in Roman Catholic faith in its curriculum, with teachers who are often nuns or monks
  • cattle breeding — the science or business of breeding and raising cattle
  • cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
  • caustic alcohol — sodium ethylate.
  • 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 african — of or relating to the Central African Republic, its inhabitants, or their language.
  • central america — an isthmus joining the continents of North and South America, extending from the S border of Mexico to the NW border of Colombia and consisting of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Area: about 518 000 sq km (200 000 sq miles)
  • central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
  • central heating — Central heating is a heating system for buildings. Air or water is heated in one place and travels round a building through pipes and radiators.
  • central locking — a system by which all the doors of a motor vehicle can be locked simultaneously when the driver's door is locked
  • central sudanic — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic, and including Mangbetu.
  • 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.
  • cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
  • cetti's warbler — a reddish-brown Eurasian warbler, Cettia cetti, with a distinctive song
  • chain lightning — lightning that zigzags across the sky
  • chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
  • channel captain — the most powerful member, and often the one that decides specifications, in a channel for distributing goods (which usually consists of a manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer). The channel captain is sometimes the manufacturer but in the case of a chain store it may be the retailer
  • channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
  • chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
  • characterizable — Able to be characterized.
  • charismatically — In a charismatic way.
  • charlatanically — In a charlatanic manner.
  • charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
  • charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
  • chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
  • chatham islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, forming a county of South Island, New Zealand: consists of the main islands of Chatham, Pitt, and several rocky islets. Chief settlement: Waitangi. Pop: 609 (2006 est). Area: 963 sq km (372 sq miles)
  • chelating agent — a chemical compound that coordinates with a metal to form a chelate, often used to trap or remove heavy metal ions
  • chemical toilet — a toilet in which waste is treated with chemicals
  • chemolithotroph — Chemoautotroph.
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
  • chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
  • 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.
  • child abduction — the crime of removing a child from its rightful home
  • child battering — child abuse in the form of battering
  • child endowment — a social security payment for dependent children
  • child restraint — a device used to protect a child in a motor vehicle
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