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15-letter words containing s, i, c, l, a, n

  • electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
  • endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
  • english channel — waterway between England and France
  • etesian climate — a climate having sunny, hot, dry summers and rainy winters.
  • evangelicalness — the state or quality of being evangelical
  • eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
  • exceptionalness — The quality of being exceptional.
  • extension cable — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
  • extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
  • extrinsicalness — Quality of being extrinsical.
  • facile princeps — an obvious leader
  • factor analysis — the use of one of several methods for reducing a set of variables to a lesser number of new variables, each of which is a function of one or more of the original variables.
  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
  • fantasticalness — The state or condition of being fantastical.
  • flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
  • fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
  • fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • functionalistic — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
  • fungistatically — in a fungistatic manner
  • gas oil contact — In a reservoir, gas oil contact is the area containing a mix of gas and oil, below which there is mainly oil and above which there is mainly gas.
  • gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
  • gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
  • general science — basic science taught as a school subject
  • glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
  • glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
  • gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
  • haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
  • heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
  • hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
  • holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
  • hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • identical twins — one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
  • idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
  • implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
  • inaccessibility — not accessible; unapproachable.
  • incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
  • incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
  • incompatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
  • inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
  • inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
  • inconsolability — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
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