15-letter words containing i, n, c, o, s, u
- cost accounting — Cost accounting is the recording and analysis of all the various costs of running a business.
- cotton industry — the business of spinning and weaving cotton
- coumarone resin — any of the group of thermosetting resins derived by the polymerization of mixtures of coumarone and indene: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints, varnishes, and printing inks.
- council housing — houses or flats built or owned by a local council
- counter-sinking — to enlarge the upper part of (a cavity), especially by chamfering, to receive the cone-shaped head of a screw, bolt, etc.
- countercathexis — (psychology) The suppression or repression of mental energy.
- counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- counterinstance — an instance that refutes a theory
- counterquestion — a question which acts as a reply to another question
- countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
- court christian — ecclesiastical court.
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
- cromolyn sodium — a substance, C 23 H 14 Na 2 O 11 , used as a preventive inhalant for bronchial asthma and hay fever.
- croque-monsieur — a sandwich filled with ham and cheese, either dipped in egg batter or buttered on the outside, and toasted or grilled
- crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
- crosslinguistic — relating to different languages
- cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
- curl one's hair — to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
- cushion capital — a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
- decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- deoch-an-doruis — a parting drink or stirrup cup
- deposit account — A deposit account is a type of bank account where the money in it earns interest.
- deuteronomistic — one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.
- dichotomousness — the quality of being dichotomous
- direct question — interrogative sentence
- disarticulation — The act of disarticulating.
- discontinuation — a breach or interruption of continuity or unity: Progress was delayed by repeated discontinuations of work.
- discontinuities — Plural form of discontinuity.
- discontinuously — In a discontinuous manner; not continuously.
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- discountenanced — Simple past tense and past participle of discountenance.
- discountenances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discountenance.
- dithionous acid — an unstable dibasic acid known only in solution and in the form of dithionite salts. It is a powerful reducing agent. Formula: H2S2O4
- do an injustice — If you say that someone has done you an injustice, you mean that they have been unfair in the way that they have judged you or treated you.
- domain calculus — (database) A form of relational calculus in which scalar variables take values drawn from a given domain. Examples of the domain calculus are ILL, FQL, DEDUCE and the well known Query By Example (QBE). INGRES is a relational DBMS whose DML is based on the relational calculus.
- duplicitousness — The state or condition of being duplicitous.
- dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- efficaciousness — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
- elections judge — someone who oversees an election
- ethnolinguistic — Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics.
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
- exclusion order — law: ban spouse from home