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15-letter words containing n, o, c, t

  • calamine lotion — a soothing lotion containing calamine
  • calendarization — the process of calendarizing
  • call into being — to create
  • call to account — to insist on explanation
  • calydonian hunt — the pursuit by Meleager, Atalanta, and others of a savage boar (Calydonian boar) sent by Artemis to lay waste to Calydon.
  • campaign button — a disk-shaped pin worn by a supporter of a political candidate, usually bearing the name of the candidate and often a slogan or the candidate's picture.
  • canadianization — to make Canadian in character.
  • canisterization — the process of putting (something) into a canister or canisters
  • cannibalisation — Alternative form of cannibalization.
  • cannibalization — to subject to cannibalism.
  • canning factory — a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly where food is sealed in cans or tins to preserve it
  • cannonball tree — a South American tree, Couroupita guianensis, bearing round, woody-husked fruit whose shells are used to make containers and utensils.
  • cannot help but — to be unable to do anything else except
  • capillarization — The formation and development of a network of capillaries to a part of the body; it is increased by aerobic exercise.
  • capital account — A country's capital account is the part of its balance of payments that is concerned with the movement of capital.
  • capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
  • capitalizations — Plural form of capitalization.
  • capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • capitulationist — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • car transporter — a vehicle for carrying automobiles
  • carbon fixation — the process by which plants assimilate carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form metabolically active compounds
  • carcinogenicity — any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.
  • cardinal points — the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west
  • carry one's bat — (of an opening batsman) to reach the end of an innings without being dismissed
  • cartesian doubt — willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.
  • cartier-bresson — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1908–2004, French photographer
  • casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
  • cast a spell on — to put into, or as into, a trance
  • cast a stone at — cast aspersions upon
  • cast around for — If you cast around for something or cast about for it, you try to find it or think of it.
  • cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
  • 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.
  • castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
  • castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
  • castner process — a process for extracting sodium from sodium hydroxide, devised by Hamilton Young Castner (1858–98)
  • castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
  • cat-o'-mountain — catamountain
  • catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
  • catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
  • catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
  • catchment board — a public body concerned with the conservation and organization of water supply from a catchment area
  • categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
  • categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
  • categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
  • catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
  • catheterization — to introduce a catheter into.
  • cause of action — the facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law
  • cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
  • celo-navigation — celestial navigation.
  • central locking — a system by which all the doors of a motor vehicle can be locked simultaneously when the driver's door is locked
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