15-letter words containing s, i, c, l, e
- 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.
- costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- cracked gas oil — Cracked gas oil is a gas oil which is formed as one of the products of a gas reaction.
- crimson rosella — an Australian parrot, Platycercus elegans, often kept as a cage bird
- crisis theology — a neoorthodox theology, advocated by Karl Barth and others, emphasizing the absolute necessity of faith and divine revelation in transcending the personal crisis, common to all humankind, that arises from the contradictions inherent in human nature and in the social order.
- crocodile tears — If someone is crying crocodile tears, their tears and sadness are not genuine or sincere.
- cross-fertilize — to subject or be subjected to cross-fertilization
- cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
- crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
- cryoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with the application of low-temperature behavior, especially superconductivity, to electronic devices.
- crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
- crystal lattice — the regular array of points about which the atoms, ions, or molecules composing a crystal are centred
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- curie-weiss law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to the difference between its temperature and its Curie point
- curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
- curl one's hair — to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
- cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
- cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
- dealer's choice — a card game, as poker, in which the dealer decides what particular game is to be played, often depending on the number of players, and designates any special variations or unusual rules, including setting the stakes.
- decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
- decollate snail — a cone-shaped, burrowing snail, Rumina decollata, that feeds on common brown garden snails.
- decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
- decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
- decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
- decriminalising — Present participle of decriminalise.
- decubitus ulcer — a chronic ulcer of the skin and underlying tissues caused by prolonged pressure on the body surface of bedridden patients
- defect analysis — (programming) Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts.
- definite clause — (logic) A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- delmonico steak — club steak
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
- descaling agent — something intended for use removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.
- describableness — The quality of being describable.
- descriptionless — Without a description.
- desocialization — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- destructibility — The condition of being destructible.
- dictatorialness — The state or quality of being dictatorial.
- dielectric lens — a lens constructed of a material that converges or diverges a beam of electromagnetic radiation of radio frequency
- dielectric loss — the loss of power in a dielectric caused by the loss of energy in the form of heat generated by an electric field.
- diesel-electric — having an electric motor powered directly by an electric generator or by batteries charged by the generator, with the generator being driven by a diesel engine: a diesel-electric locomotive.
- discernibleness — The state or quality of being discernible.
- discombobulated — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discombobulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discombobulate.