15-letter words containing s, t, a, i, c, l
- chatham islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, forming a county of South Island, New Zealand: consists of the main islands of Chatham, Pitt, and several rocky islets. Chief settlement: Waitangi. Pop: 609 (2006 est). Area: 963 sq km (372 sq miles)
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- child restraint — a device used to protect a child in a motor vehicle
- child-resistant — that resists being opened, tampered with, or damaged by a child; childproof: a child-resistant medicine cabinet.
- chile saltpeter — sodium nitrate, esp. as found naturally in Chile and Peru
- chile saltpetre — a naturally occurring form of sodium nitrate: a soluble white or colourless mineral occurring in arid regions, esp in Chile and Peru
- chinese gelatin — agar (def 1).
- chinese lantern — a collapsible lantern made of thin coloured paper
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
- christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
- christmas carol — a joyful hymn or religious song, celebrating the birth of Christ
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- chryse planitia — a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
- circularisation — Alternative spelling of circularization.
- circumambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumambulate.
- circumstantials — incidentals; details
- city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
- claims adjuster — A claims adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money a person making a claim should receive.
- clandestineness — The state or quality of being clandestine.
- class president — the student president of a school or college class
- classical latin — the form of Latin used in classical literature, especially the literary Latin of the 1st century b.c. and the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d.
- classifications — Plural form of classification.
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- cleptoparasites — Plural form of cleptoparasite.
- climb the walls — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
- coaling station — a port at which vessels can take on coal
- coast artillery — artillery used for defending coastal areas.
- cocktail shaker — a container in which cocktails are mixed
- college station — a city in E central Texas.
- colonizationist — a person who is in favour of colonization
- colouristically — in a colouristic manner
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- communistically — In a communistic manner.
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compatibilities — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- compositionally — in a compositional manner
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.