15-letter words containing l, u, c, r, e
- citrus whitefly — See under whitefly.
- claims adjuster — A claims adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money a person making a claim should receive.
- class structure — social hierarchy
- clock frequency — clock rate
- closed fracture — simple fracture.
- closed universe — (in cosmology) a hypothetical expanding universe that contains sufficient matter to reverse the observed expansion through its gravitational contraction.
- clouded leopard — a feline, Neofelis nebulosa, of SE Asia and Indonesia with a yellowish-brown coat marked with darker spots and blotches
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- cluster college — a small residential college affiliated with a university but semi-independent and specializing in one field of study.
- coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
- coffee-coloured — having the colour of coffee; dark brown; light brown
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- colour-reversal — (of film or photographic paper) designed to produce a positive image directly from a positive subject
- comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
- communal aerial — a television or radio receiving aerial from which received signals are distributed by cable to several outlets
- compound flower — a flower head made up of many small flowers appearing as a single bloom, as in the daisy
- concrete jungle — If you refer to a city or area as a concrete jungle, you mean that it has a lot of modern buildings and you think it is ugly or unpleasant to live in.
- concurrent lisp — (language) A concurrent version of Lisp. Sugimoto et al implemented an interpreter on a "large scale computer" and were planning to implement it on multiple microprocessors.
- control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
- controlled drug — a drug whose sale is illegal except through prescribed medical channels
- copper sulphate — a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4
- copper-coloured — of a reddish-brown colour
- core curriculum — a group of subjects that all students in a certain type of school or of a certain age must study
- corkscrew curls — locks of hair curled to hang in a spiral shape
- cornflower blue — a deep vivid blue, like that of the typical blooms of a cornflower
- corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
- costume jewelry — Costume jewelry is jewelry made from cheap materials.
- could care less — feel(s) the least possible degree of interest, sympathy, etc.
- coulometrically — in a coulometric manner
- council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held
- counter-culture — Counter-culture is a set of values, ideas, and ways of behaving that are completely different from those of the rest of society.
- counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
- counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
- counterbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of counterbalance.
- counterbalances — Plural form of counterbalance.
- counterblockade — a retaliatory blockade
- counterclaimant — a claim made to offset another claim, especially one made by the defendant in a legal action.
- counterclaiming — Present participle of counterclaim.
- countercultural — of or relating to a counterculture
- countercultures — Plural form of counterculture.
- countercyclical — having the effect of checking or reversing fluctuations in the national economy or the finances of a business
- counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
- counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
- 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.
- countermandable — able to be countermanded
- counterplotting — Present participle of counterplot.
- counterproposal — a proposal offered as an alternative to a previous proposal
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- counterviolence — the retaliatory use of violence
- country dweller — a person who lives in the country