15-letter words containing p, l, e, n
- class president — the student president of a school or college class
- cleavage-planes — the act of cleaving or splitting.
- closed position — (in ballet, modern dance, and jazz dance) any position in which the feet touch each other.
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- college pudding — a baked or steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit and spice
- come up smiling — to recover cheerfully from misfortune
- common multiple — an integer or polynomial that is a multiple of each integer or polynomial in a group
- commonplaceness — The state or quality of being commonplace.
- communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complementarily — In a complementary manner.
- complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
- complementation — In linguistics, a complementation pattern of a verb, noun, or adjective is the patterns that typically follow it.
- complementizers — Plural form of complementizer.
- completion date — (in Britain) the date on which the sale of a piece of property is final
- complex-machine — Older Use. an automobile or airplane. a typewriter.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- compound flower — a flower head made up of many small flowers appearing as a single bloom, as in the daisy
- comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
- comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
- 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.
- congress-people — congressmember.
- contemplatively — given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
- contemptibility — The quality of being contemptible.
- contrapropeller — one of two propellers, usually attached to a ship or aircraft, which rotates in the opposite direction to the other
- cooling process — the process of becoming cooler
- copenhagen blue — a greyish-blue colour
- corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
- correspondently — in a correspondent manner
- correspondingly — You use correspondingly when describing a situation which is closely connected with one you have just mentioned or is similar to it.
- corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
- cosmopolitanize — to make cosmopolitan.
- counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
- counterplotting — Present participle of counterplot.
- counterproposal — a proposal offered as an alternative to a previous proposal
- county palatine — the lands of a count palatine
- courting couple — a pair of lovers
- cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
- creeping myrtle — any of several Eurasian apocynaceous evergreen plants of the genus Vinca, such as V. minor (lesser periwinkle) and V. major (greater periwinkle), having trailing stems and blue flowers
- cricopharyngeal — of, relating to, or involving the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx.
- cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
- culture pattern — a group of interrelated culture traits of some continuity.
- cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture