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15-letter words containing l, u, c, e, n

  • curtain lecture — a scolding or rebuke given in private, esp by a wife to her husband
  • cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
  • cyclone furnace — a furnace burning liquid or pulverized fuel in a whirling air column.
  • dean of faculty — the president of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland
  • debt counsellor — a person who advises people who are in debt on how to deal with their debt and get out of it
  • decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
  • decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
  • decontextualize — to consider (something) in isolation from its usual context
  • deculturalizing — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
  • defence counsel — a barrister or group of barristers responsible for defending someone on trial
  • definite clause — (logic)   A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
  • delta reduction — (theory)   In lambda-calculus extended with constants, delta reduction replaces a function applied to the required number of arguments (a redex) by a result. E.g. plus 2 3 --> 5. In contrast with beta reduction (the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus) the result is not formed simply by textual substitution of arguments into the body of a function. Instead, a delta redex is matched against the left hand side of all delta rules and is replaced by the right hand side of the (first) matching rule. There is notionally one delta rule for each possible combination of function and arguments. Where this implies an infinite number of rules, the result is usually defined by reference to some external system such as mathematical addition or the hardware operations of some computer. For other types, all rules can be given explicitly, for example Boolean negation: not True = False not False = True (1997-02-20)
  • demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
  • direct coupling — conductive coupling between electronic circuits, as opposed to inductive or capacitative coupling
  • disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
  • documentational — the use of documentary evidence.
  • double concerto — a concerto for two solo instruments
  • double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
  • duplicitousness — The state or condition of being duplicitous.
  • 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
  • electrocutioner — A person who carries out an execution by means of electricity.
  • electropuncture — a therapy in which a small electric current is passed through the body via electrodes placed on the skin
  • eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
  • endonucleolytic — relating to endonuclease
  • 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
  • extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
  • 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.
  • fault tolerance — (architecture)   1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. The number of faults a system or component can withstand before normal operation is impaired.
  • field ambulance — a mobile medical unit that accepts casualties from forward units, treating the lightly wounded and stabilizing the condition of the seriously wounded before evacuating them to a hospital
  • flange coupling — a driving coupling between rotating shafts that consists of flanges (or half couplings) one of which is fixed at the end of each shaft, the two flanges being bolted together with a ring of bolts to complete the drive
  • fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
  • flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
  • florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
  • fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
  • fly honeysuckle — either of two honeysuckle shrubs, Lonicera canadensis, of eastern North America, or L. xylosteum, of Eurasia, having paired yellowish flowers tinged with red.
  • french mulberry — a shrub, Callicarpa americana, of the verbena family, of the south-central U.S. and the West Indies, having violet-colored fruit and bluish flowers.
  • fuel efficiency — the (least) amount of fuel used in proportion to the number of miles travelled
  • functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
  • galactic nebula — a nebula in the Milky Way.
  • galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
  • gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
  • gluconeogenesis — glucose formation in animals from a noncarbohydrate source, as from proteins or fats.
  • gluconeogenetic — Of or pertaining to gluconeogenesis.
  • gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
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