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15-letter words containing s, c

  • adenoidectomies — Plural form of adenoidectomy.
  • adhesive factor — the ratio of the force that can be exerted on driving wheels with full traction to the weight on the driving wheels, usually expressed as a percentage.
  • adjacent angles — two angles that have the same vertex and a side in common
  • adrenalectomies — Plural form of adrenalectomy.
  • adrenoreceptors — Plural form of adrenoreceptor.
  • aegyptopithecus — a genus of extinct anthropoid ape of the Oligocene Period known from remains found in Egypt.
  • aerodynamicists — Plural form of aerodynamicist.
  • aggregate score — a score calculated by adding the results of several matches
  • agranulocytosis — a serious and sometimes fatal illness characterized by a marked reduction of leucocytes, usually caused by hypersensitivity to certain drugs
  • agriculturalist — An agriculturalist is someone who is an expert on agriculture and who advises farmers.
  • agulhas current — a fast, warm ocean current flowing southwest along the SE coast of Africa
  • air force cross — a U.S. Air Force decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in action
  • airmail sticker — a sticker that is put on airmail letters to make sure they are not sent by surface mail
  • airs and graces — If you refer to someone's airs and graces, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they think they are more important than other people.
  • akinetic mutism — a state of apparent alertness with normal eye movements but no speech or other voluntary motion, usually due to a stroke.
  • alaska purchase — purchase of the territory of Alaska by the U.S. from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. Compare Seward's Folly.
  • albany congress — a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan (Albany Plan of Union) for unifying the colonies.
  • all-risk policy — An all-risk policy is an insurance policy that covers all loss or damage however it is caused, apart from any stated exceptions.
  • allegoricalness — the quality of being allegorical
  • allelochemicals — Plural form of allelochemical.
  • allemande sauce — a velouté thickened and enriched with egg yolk.
  • alpha-cellulose — a refined, insoluble form of cellulose derived from cotton or wood pulp, and used in manufacturing
  • alsace-lorraine — an area of NE France, comprising the modern regions of Alsace and Lorraine: under German rule 1871–1919 and 1940–44. Area: 14 522 sq km (5607 sq miles)
  • aluminosilicate — a silicate in which some of the silicon in the tetrahedral unit SiO4 has been replaced by aluminium
  • amaryllidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaryllidaceae, a family of widely cultivated flowering plants having bulbs and including the amaryllis, snowdrop, narcissus, and daffodil
  • ambisyllabicity — (poetry) The property of a consonant being analysed as acting simultaneously as the coda of one syllable and the onset of the following syllable.
  • ambrose channel — a ship channel at the entrance to New York harbor, near Sandy Hook. 7½ miles (12 km) long.
  • ambrosian chant — the liturgical chant, established by Saint Ambrose, characterized by ornamented, often antiphonal, singing.
  • ambulance nurse — a nurse who works as part of an ambulance crew
  • amenity society — a voluntary society established with the purpose of preserving historic art and architecture
  • america firster — a member or supporter of the America First Committee.
  • american cheese — a type of smooth hard white or yellow cheese similar to a mild Cheddar
  • american smooth — a style of competitive ballroom dancing which incorporates elements of Latin dance
  • americanologist — a foreign expert or specialist in American cultural or political matters: a leading Americanologist in the Kremlin.
  • amery ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SW Indian Ocean, bordered by Enderby Land on the N and American Highland on the W.
  • aminoglycosides — Plural form of aminoglycoside.
  • anacostia river — a river in the District of Columbia flowing into the Potomac River. about 24 miles (39 km) long.
  • anaesthetically — by means of an anaesthetic
  • analogous color — Art. any one of a group of related colors that are near each other on the color wheel, a circular chart that shows gradations of color: Red, orange, and yellow are analogous colors. Compare complementary color (def 1a).
  • anamorphic lens — a component in the optical system of a film projector for converting standard 35mm film images into wide-screen format
  • ancient history — Ancient history is the history of ancient civilizations, especially Greece and Rome.
  • ancient of days — a name for God, originating in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament (Daniel 7:9)
  • ancylostomiasis — infestation of the human intestine with blood-sucking hookworms, causing progressive anaemia
  • andromonoecious — (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant
  • aneroid capsule — a box or chamber of thin metal, partially exhausted of air, used in the aneroid barometer and pressure altimeter.
  • anfractuosities — Plural form of anfractuosity.
  • angina pectoris — a sudden intense pain in the chest, often accompanied by feelings of suffocation, caused by momentary lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
  • anisotropically — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
  • anne hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
  • annular eclipse — an eclipse of the sun in which the moon does not cover the entire disc of the sun, so that a ring of sunlight surrounds the shadow of the moon
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