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15-letter words containing n, a, s, c

  • psychohistorian — a person who writes psychohistory
  • public nuisance — act, thing: anti-social
  • public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
  • pure land sects — Mahayana Buddhist sects venerating the Buddha as the compassionate saviour
  • pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
  • quantifications — Plural form of quantification.
  • quarter section — (in surveying and homesteading) a square tract of land, half a mile on each side, thus containing ¼ sq. mi. or 160 acres. Abbreviation: q.s.
  • quasi-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
  • quasi-technical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
  • quasicontinuous — uninterrupted in time; without cessation: continuous coughing during the concert.
  • queen substance — a pheromone secreted from the mandibular glands of a queen honeybee and smelled, eaten, and absorbed by the worker bees, having the effect of preventing them from producing or rearing rival queens.
  • quincentenaries — Plural form of quincentenary.
  • reception class — A reception class is a class that children go into when they first start school at the age of four or five.
  • reconsideration — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
  • reconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
  • reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • recoverableness — the ability to be recovered or chance of being able to recover
  • recreationalist — recreationist.
  • rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
  • renaissance man — a cultured man of the Renaissance who was knowledgeable, educated, or proficient in a wide range of fields.
  • renal corpuscle — Malpighian body (sense 2)
  • reorchestration — a renewed or second orchestration of a piece of music, the act of reorchestrating
  • reserve tranche — the quota of 25 per cent to which a member of the IMF has unconditional access. Prior to 1978 it was paid in gold and known as the gold tranche
  • residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
  • resocialization — the process of learning new attitudes and norms required for a new social role.
  • respecification — the act of specifying.
  • resurrectionary — pertaining to or of the nature of resurrection.
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • riemann surface — a geometric representation of a function of a complex variable in which a multiple-valued function is depicted as a single-valued function on several planes, the planes being connected at some of the points at which the function takes on more than one value.
  • right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
  • rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
  • royal enclosure — at the Royal Ascot horse-race meeting, an area of Ascot racecourse which is reserved for the Royal Family, members, and their guests
  • saigon 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.
  • saint celestine — Saint (Pietro di Murrone or Morone) 1215–96, Italian ascetic: pope 1294.
  • salary increase — an increase in the salary or pay given to an employee
  • san jacinto day — a legal holiday observed in Texas on April 21.
  • sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
  • sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
  • sanitary cordon — cordon sanitaire.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • sarraceniaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sarraceniaceae, an American family of pitcher plants
  • saskatchewanian — a native or inhabitant of Saskatchewan
  • sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
  • sausage machine — a machine for making sausages
  • sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.
  • save one's neck — to escape from a difficult or dangerous situation
  • savings account — a bank account on which interest is paid, traditionally one for which a bankbook is used to record deposits, withdrawals, and interest payments.
  • say one's piece — If you say your piece, you say everything you want to say about a particular matter without being interrupted, although people may be wanting to express opposing views.
  • scala cordonata — a ramp having the form of broad, slightly inclined steps.
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