15-letter words containing l, a, s, c
- capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
- capitulationist — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
- caprifoliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of N temperate shrubs, small trees, and climbers including honeysuckle, elder, and guelder-rose
- cardinal points — the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west
- cardinal spider — a large house spider, Tegenaria parietina
- cardinal system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to their positions relative to navigational hazards.
- cardinal vowels — a set of theoretical vowel sounds, based on the shape of the mouth needed to articulate them, that can be used to classify the vowel sounds of any speaker in any language
- carl xvi gustaf — born 1946, king of Sweden from 1973
- carpentersville — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- cartesian plane — Usually, Cartesian coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates for locating a point on a plane (Cartesian plane) by its distance from each of two intersecting lines, or in space by its distance from each of three planes intersecting at a point.
- cassette player — A cassette player is a machine that is used for playing cassettes and sometimes also recording them.
- cast a spell on — to put into, or as into, a trance
- 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.
- castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
- castellated nut — a nut that has indentations similar to battlements
- casual labourer — a person who is employed on a temporary, rather than a permanent or regular basis
- cataclysmically — of, relating to, or resulting from a cataclysm.
- catalina island — Santa Catalina.
- categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
- cathedral glass — a semitransparent sheet of rolled glass having a decorative pattern.
- catholic school — a school that includes instruction in Roman Catholic faith in its curriculum, with teachers who are often nuns or monks
- caustic alcohol — sodium ethylate.
- celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
- cellar dwellers — the team at the bottom of a sports league
- central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
- central reserve — the strip, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a motorway or dual carriageway
- 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.
- cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
- cerebrovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels and the blood supply of the brain
- 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.
- cetti's warbler — a reddish-brown Eurasian warbler, Cettia cetti, with a distinctive song
- chamber counsel — a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court
- chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
- champagne glass — a glass for drinking champagne, either a glass with a wide mouth and a roughly triangular shape or a tall flute
- channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
- channel islands — a group of islands in the English Channel, off the NW coast of France, consisting of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Brechou or Brecqhou, Sark, Herm, Jethou, and Lihou (all between them representing the British Kingdom Crown Dependencies of the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey) - the only part of the duchy of Normandy remaining to Britain - and the Roches Douvres and the Îles Chausey (which belong to France). Pop: 149 878 (2001). Area: 194 sq km (75 sq miles)
- 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.
- chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
- charismatically — In a charismatic way.
- charles babbage — Charles, 1792–1871, English mathematician: invented the precursor of the modern computer.
- charles coulomb — Charles Augustin de [sharl oh-gy-stan duh] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1736–1806, French physicist and inventor.
- charles dickens — Charles (John Huf·fam) [huhf-uh m] /ˈhʌf əm/ (Show IPA), ("Boz") 1812–70, English novelist.
- charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
- charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
- charlotte russe — a cold dessert made in a mould with sponge fingers enclosing a mixture of whipped cream, custard, etc
- charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
- 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)