15-letter words containing l, y, e
- category killer — a person, product, or business that dominates a particular market
- cavalry officer — an officer in a cavalry regiment
- celandine poppy — a poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum, of the east-central U.S., having one pair of deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers.
- ceylon cinnamon — the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
- chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
- 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.
- chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
- chinese parsley — coriander leaves used as an herb; cilantro
- chiropterophily — Pollination by bats.
- chloral hydrate — a colourless crystalline soluble solid produced by the reaction of chloral with water and used as a sedative and hypnotic; 2,2,2-trichloro-1,1-ethanediol. Formula: CCl3CH(OH)2
- cholecystectomy — surgical removal of the gall bladder
- cholecystokinin — a hormone secreted by duodenal cells that stimulates the contraction of the gall bladder and secretion of pancreatic enzymes
- cholecystostomy — a medical cut or opening into the gall bladder to enable a drainage tube to be put in place
- choledochostomy — formation of a temporary opening through the abdominal wall into the common bile duct, usually to remove stones.
- cholinergically — in a cholinergic manner
- chryse planitia — a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
- ciliary process — one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.
- circumambiently — in a circumambient manner
- citrus whitefly — See under whitefly.
- class hierarchy — (programming) In object-oriented programming, a set of classes related by inheritance. Each class is a "subclass" of another class - its "superclass". The subclass contains all the features of its superclass, but may add new features or redefine existing features. The features of a class are the set of attributes (or "properties") that an object of that class has and the methods that can be invoked on it. If each class has a just one superclass, this is called single inheritance. The opposite is multiple inheritance, under which a class may have multiple superclasses. Single inheritance gives the class hierarchy a tree structure whereas multiple inheritance gives a directed graph. Typically there is one class at the top of the hierarchy which is the "object" class, the most general class that is an ancestor of all others and which has no superclass. In computing, as in genealogy, trees grow downwards, which is why subclasses are considered to be "below" their superclasses. When invoking a method on an object, the method is first looked for in the object's class, then the superclass of that class, and so on up the hierarchy until it is found. Thus a class need only define those methods which are specific to it and it will inherit all other methods from all its superclasses. An object of the subclass can do everything that an object of the superclass can and possible more.
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- clinically dead — having no respiration, no heartbeat, and with no contraction of the pupils when exposed to a strong light
- clock frequency — clock rate
- coast artillery — artillery used for defending coastal areas.
- coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
- collaboratively — in the manner of working with others on a joint project
- collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
- comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- complementarily — In a complementary manner.
- complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
- complete theory — (logic) An abstract logical theory in which all true statements have formal proofs within the theory.
- complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
- comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
- compressibility — the ability to be compressed
- concealed-carry — the practice of carrying a concealed gun or other weapon in public.
- condescendingly — In a condescending manner.
- confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
- conscientiously — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
- consentaneously — In a consentaneous manner.
- consequentially — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- consideratively — in a considerative manner
- contemplatively — given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
- contemptibility — The quality of being contemptible.