15-letter words containing r, e, n, u, c, i
- 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.
- cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
- central sudanic — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic, and including Mangbetu.
- centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
- ceremoniousness — The state of being ceremonious.
- channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
- children's hour — a play (1934) by Lillian Hellman.
- chinese juniper — a shrub or tree, Juniperus chinensis, of China, Mongolia, and Japan, having scalelike leaves and small, round, purplish-brown fruit.
- chinese lacquer — lacquer (def 2).
- chinese mustard — brown mustard.
- circumambiently — in a circumambient manner
- circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
- circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
- circumincession — the reciprocal existence within the three members of the Trinity
- circumnavigable — Able to be circumnavigated.
- circumnavigated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate.
- circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
- circumspectness — the quality of being circumspect
- circumstantiate — to support by giving particulars
- closed universe — (in cosmology) a hypothetical expanding universe that contains sufficient matter to reverse the observed expansion through its gravitational contraction.
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- communal aerial — a television or radio receiving aerial from which received signals are distributed by cable to several outlets
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- computer vision — a robot analogue of human vision in which information about the environment is received by one or more video cameras and processed by computer: used in navigation by robots, in the control of automated production lines, etc.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- computerization — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- 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.
- conductiometric — conductometric
- connoisseurship — a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art.
- consumer choice — the range of competing products and services from which a consumer can choose
- consumer credit — Consumer credit is money that is lent to people by organizations such as banks, building societies, and shops so that they can buy things.
- consumer strike — a boycott of a product by consumers, often in protest over a raise in its price.
- contrariousness — The state or quality of being contrarious.
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- corrugated iron — a thin structural sheet made of iron or steel, formed with alternating ridges and troughs
- corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
- corynebacterium — any of various bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, including various animal and plant pathogens and animal parasites
- coumarone resin — any of the group of thermosetting resins derived by the polymerization of mixtures of coumarone and indene: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints, varnishes, and printing inks.
- council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held
- counter-sinking — to enlarge the upper part of (a cavity), especially by chamfering, to receive the cone-shaped head of a screw, bolt, etc.
- counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
- counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
- countercampaign — a campaign responding to another campaign
- countercathexis — (psychology) The suppression or repression of mental energy.
- countercharging — Present participle of countercharge.
- countercharming — Present participle of countercharm.
- counterchecking — Present participle of countercheck.
- counterclaimant — a claim made to offset another claim, especially one made by the defendant in a legal action.