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17-letter words containing s, i, l, e, n

  • chemoluminescence — (chemistry) The emission of light as the result of a chemical reaction.
  • chiltern hundreds — (in Britain) short for Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; a nominal office that an MP applies for in order to resign his seat
  • chinese vermilion — pimento (def 3).
  • chukchi peninsula — a peninsula in the extreme NE of Russia, in NE Siberia: mainly tundra
  • cinisello balsamo — a city in N Italy, near Milan.
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • civil partnership — A civil partnership is a legal relationship between two people of the same sex that is similar to marriage.
  • classical chinese — a written form of Chinese used from about the 5th century b.c. to 220 a.d.
  • clear box testing — white box testing
  • cleveland heights — city in NE Ohio: suburb of Cleveland: pop. 50,000
  • clipperton island — an uninhabited atoll in the E Pacific SW of Mexico, under French administration. Area: 6 sq km (2.3 sq miles)
  • close corporation — a small private limited company
  • close parenthesis — right parenthesis
  • close punctuation — punctuation in which many commas, full stops, etc, are used
  • close to the wind — sailing as nearly as possible towards the direction from which the wind is blowing
  • closed-captioning — (of a television program, film, or video) distributed with synchronized transcription of speech and written descriptions of other relevant audio elements, as for the hearing-impaired, that are visible only when the option to display them is selected. Abbreviation: CC.
  • closing-down sale — a sale held to clear stock from a shop that is ceasing to operate
  • clumber (spaniel) — a short-legged spaniel with a heavy body and a thick coat of straight, white hair marked with yellow or orange
  • coarse-grain salt — salt with a much larger grain size than table salt
  • codlins-and-cream — an onagraceous plant, Epilobium hirsutum, native to Europe and Asia and introduced into North America, having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves
  • cohesionless soil — any free-running type of soil, such as sand or gravel, whose strength depends on friction between particles
  • collaborativeness — Quality of being collaborative.
  • collision density — the rate at which collisions are occurring per unit volume per unit time, usually pertaining to the collisions of neutrons in a nuclear reactor.
  • collodion process — wet plate process.
  • colour separation — the division of a coloured original into cyan, magenta, yellow, and black so that plates may be made for print reproduction. Separation may be achieved by electronic scanning or by photographic techniques using filters to isolate each colour
  • colour television — television that broadcasts in real-life colours, as opposed to black and white
  • commercialisation — Alternative spelling of commercialization.
  • companionableness — The state or quality of being companionable.
  • compartmentalised — Simple past tense and past participle of compartmentalise.
  • compartmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compartmentalize.
  • complementariness — forming a complement; completing.
  • complementarities — Plural form of complementarity.
  • complimentariness — The state or quality of being complimentary.
  • composite volcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
  • composite-volcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
  • composting toilet — a human waste disposal system that utilizes a waterless or low-flush toilet in conjunction with a tank in which aerobic bacteria break down the waste.
  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • conceptualisation — The act of conceptualising, or something conceptualised.
  • concessive clause — A concessive clause is a subordinate clause which refers to a situation that contrasts with the one described in the main clause. For example, in the sentence 'Although he was tired, he couldn't get to sleep', the first clause is a concessive clause.
  • condensing boiler — an energy-efficient boiler that makes use of what would otherwise be waste heat
  • congregationalism — a system of Christian doctrines and ecclesiastical government in which each congregation is self-governing and maintains bonds of faith with other similar local congregations
  • congregationalist — a form of Protestant church government in which each local religious society is independent and self-governing.
  • conscience clause — a clause in a law or contract exempting persons with moral scruples
  • consequentialness — The quality or state of being consequential.
  • consolation prize — A consolation prize is a small prize which is given to a person who fails to win a competition.
  • consolidated fund — a fund into which tax revenue is paid in order to meet standing charges, esp interest payments on the national debt
  • consolidated laws — a body of laws collected together in a single codifying statute
  • constitutionalize — to provide with a constitution
  • consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
  • contemplativeness — The state or quality of being contemplative.
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