15-letter words containing r, a, s, c
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- jacob ben asher — c1269–c1340, Hebrew commentator on the Bible and codifier of Jewish law.
- jacques cartier — Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- janissary music — music characteristic of or imitative of that played by a Turkish military band, typically employing cymbals, triangles, bass drum, and Turkish crescents.
- jaques-dalcroze — Émile [French ey-meel] /French eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1865–1950, Swiss composer and teacher: created eurythmics.
- jerusalem cross — a cross whose four arms are each capped with a crossbar and often with a small Greek cross centered in each quadrant.
- jewish calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by the Jews, in which time is reckoned from 3761 bc: regarded as the year of the Creation. The months, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, and Adar, have either 29 or 30 days. Originally a new month was declared when the new moon was sighted in Jerusalem, but when this became impossible, a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition, to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons, there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins with Nisan, and the civil year begins with Tishri; the years are numbered from Tishri
- joseph jacquard — Joseph Marie [zhoh-zef ma-ree] /ʒoʊˈzɛf ma ri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1834, French inventor.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- kaffeeklatscher — a person who participates, especially regularly, in a kaffee klatsch.
- kailyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century.
- kaleyard school — a group of writers who depicted the sentimental and homely aspects of life in the Scottish Lowlands from about 1880 to 1914. The best known contributor to the school was J. M. Barrie
- kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
- kentish tracery — tracery, originating in Kent in the 14th century, having cusps with split ends.
- kincardineshire — a former county in E Scotland.
- kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
- kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- laser chemistry — the use of a laser to initiate and control chemical reactions.
- laser machining — Laser machining is a process in which material is removed from a surface using light from a laser.
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- lazaro cardenas — Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- learner's chain — an inexperienced team of slaughtermen working in a freezing works
- legacy software — legacy system
- legal successor — a person or thing that legally follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- leyland cypress — a fast-growing cypress, Cupressocyparis leylandii, that is a hybrid produced by crossing the macrocarpa with the Nootka cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis): widely grown for hedging
- liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
- library science — the study of the organization and administration of a library and of its technical, informational, and reference services.
- linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
- lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
- local is lekker — popular slogan promoting South African culture, produce, etc
- logical address — virtual address
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- macaroni cheese — Macaroni cheese is a dish made from macaroni and cheese sauce.
- macassar strait — a strait between Borneo and Sulawesi (Celebes): naval engagement between the Allied and the Japanese 1942.
- machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- macro-sociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
- macro-structure — the gross structure of a metal, as made visible to the naked eye by deep etching.
- macroscopically — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- macrosporangium — megasporangium.
- macrostructural — relating to or resembling a macrostructure
- macrostructures — Plural form of macrostructure.
- magic mushrooms — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.