15-letter words containing l, a, n, c, s, t
- crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
- crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
- crystal counter — an instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity of high-energy radiation, in which particles collide with a crystal and momentarily increase its conductivity
- crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
- crystal nucleus — the tiny crystal that forms at the onset of crystallization
- crystallisation — (British) alternative spelling of crystallization.
- crystallization — Crystallization is the process in which crystals are formed either from something that has been melted or from a solution.
- cushion capital — a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
- decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
- decollate snail — a cone-shaped, burrowing snail, Rumina decollata, that feeds on common brown garden snails.
- decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
- decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
- defect analysis — (programming) Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts.
- definite clause — (logic) A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- delmonico steak — club steak
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
- descaling agent — something intended for use removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.
- desocialization — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- detachable lens — a lens on a digital camera that can be separated from the camera itself, making it easier for the photographer to take certain types of shot. A cable usually connects the disconnected lens and camera
- dictatorialness — The state or quality of being dictatorial.
- disarticulating — Present participle of disarticulate.
- disarticulation — The act of disarticulating.
- discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- disenchantingly — In a disenchanting manner.
- display cabinet — a cabinet in a shop, museum, etc, that displays items
- distance medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards (402 meters), the second runs 880 yards (805 meters), the third runs 1320 yards (1207 meters), and the fourth runs 1760 yards (1609 meters).
- domestic animal — an animal, as the horse or cat, that has been tamed and kept by humans as a work animal, food source, or pet, especially a member of those species that have, through selective breeding, become notably different from their wild ancestors.
- dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- early christian — denoting or relating to the style of architecture that started in Italy in the 3rd century ad and spread through the Roman empire until the 5th century
- eclaircissement — clarification; explanation.
- 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
- electroanalyses — Plural form of electroanalysis.
- electroanalysis — (physics, chemistry) Any of several electrochemical forms of analysis.
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- etesian climate — a climate having sunny, hot, dry summers and rainy winters.
- 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.
- exceptionalness — The quality of being exceptional.
- extended pascal — A superset of ANSI and ISO Pascal with many enhancements, including modules, separate compilation, type schemata, variable-length strings, direct-access files, complex numbers, initial values, constant expressions. ANSI/IEEE770X3.160-1989 and ISO 10206.
- extension cable — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- extrinsicalness — Quality of being extrinsical.
- factor analysis — the use of one of several methods for reducing a set of variables to a lesser number of new variables, each of which is a function of one or more of the original variables.
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- false pretences — fraud, deception
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- fantasticalness — The state or condition of being fantastical.
- flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
- fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.