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15-letter words containing i, r

  • cartridge paper — an uncoated type of drawing or printing paper, usually made from bleached sulphate wood pulp with an addition of esparto grass
  • cashier's check — A cashier's check is one which a cashier signs and which is drawn on a bank's own funds.
  • casparian strip — a band of suberized material around the radial walls of endodermal cells: impervious to gases and liquids
  • cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
  • 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.
  • castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
  • castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
  • catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
  • catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
  • catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
  • categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
  • categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
  • categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
  • 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.
  • catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
  • catheterization — to introduce a catheter into.
  • catholic church — any of several Churches claiming to have maintained continuity with the ancient and undivided Church
  • cattle breeding — the science or business of breeding and raising cattle
  • 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.
  • caustic surface — a surface that envelopes the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
  • cavalry officer — an officer in a cavalry regiment
  • cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
  • centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
  • 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.
  • centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point
  • cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
  • ceremoniousness — The state of being ceremonious.
  • certified check — A certified check is a check that is guaranteed by a bank, because the bank has set aside sufficient money in the account.
  • cervical cancer — a cancer of the cervix (the lower end of the womb)
  • cervical plexus — a network of nerves branching from the spinal nerves of the neck region and innervating the neck, chest, diaphragm, and part of the face.
  • ceteris paribus — other things being equal
  • cetti's warbler — a reddish-brown Eurasian warbler, Cettia cetti, with a distinctive song
  • chairpersonship — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  • 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.
  • channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
  • character piece — a short, simple piece, usually for piano, of a type developed chiefly during the 19th century, often of a descriptive or seemingly improvisatory character.
  • character trait — a notable feature of a person's character
  • characteristick — Obsolete form of characteristic.
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