15-letter words containing i, n, c, e, t
- child-resistant — that resists being opened, tampered with, or damaged by a child; childproof: a child-resistant medicine cabinet.
- chiller cabinet — a cupboard or chest in a shop where chilled foods and drinks are displayed and kept cool
- chilling effect — a discouraging or deterring effect, especially one resulting from a restrictive law or regulation.
- chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
- chinese crested — a small dog of a Chinese breed having long slender legs and a hairless body with hair only on the feet, head, and tail
- chinese gelatin — agar (def 1).
- chinese lantern — a collapsible lantern made of thin coloured paper
- chinese mustard — brown mustard.
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- cholecystokinin — a hormone secreted by duodenal cells that stimulates the contraction of the gall bladder and secretion of pancreatic enzymes
- chorda tendinea — any of the tendons extending from the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves and preventing the valves from moving into the atria during ventricular contraction.
- chorioretinitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the choroid and retina of the eye.
- christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
- chryse planitia — a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
- cinder concrete — concrete having small coal clinkers as an aggregate.
- cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
- cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
- cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
- circumambiently — in a circumambient manner
- circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
- circumnavigated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate.
- circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
- circumspectness — the quality of being circumspect
- circumstantiate — to support by giving particulars
- citizen science — scientific research, data collection, etc., that involves the participation of nonscientists (often used attributively): Bird watchers report their bird observations to citizen-science projects.
- clandestineness — The state or quality of being clandestine.
- class president — the student president of a school or college class
- climate control — air conditioning in a building or vehicle
- closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
- closed position — (in ballet, modern dance, and jazz dance) any position in which the feet touch each other.
- cocktail lounge — A cocktail lounge is a room in a hotel, restaurant, or club where you can buy alcoholic drinks.
- codetermination — joint participation of management and employees or employees' trade union representatives in some decisions
- coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
- coffee whitener — a milk substitute to put in coffee
- cognitive radio — a radio that can automatically alter frequency, power, modulation, etc, according to where it is located
- coinstantaneity — the act of taking place at exactly the same moment
- coinstantaneous — taking place at exactly the same moment
- collecting bank — a bank that collects money from the account of the writer of a cheque on behalf of the person who has deposited the cheque into the bank
- collective noun — A collective noun is a noun such as 'family' or 'team' that refers to a group of people or things.
- college station — a city in E central Texas.
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- combustibleness — The state or quality of being combustible.
- combustion tube — a tube of heat-resistant glass, silica, or ceramic, in which a substance can be reduced, as in a combustion furnace
- come to nothing — plan, idea: fail
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- coming bet ween — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- committeeperson — a member of a committee.
- common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
- common multiple — an integer or polynomial that is a multiple of each integer or polynomial in a group