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15-letter words containing s, t, l

  • butler's pantry — a pantry in a large house where crockery, glassware, cutlery, etc is kept
  • buys-ballot law — the law stating that if one stands with one's back to the wind, in the Northern Hemisphere the atmospheric pressure will be lower on one's left and in the Southern Hemisphere it will be lower on one's right: descriptive of the relationship of horizontal winds to atmospheric pressure.
  • by all accounts — according to everyone
  • cabbalistically — Alternative spelling of cabalistically.
  • cadmium sulfate — a water-soluble compound, CdSO 4 , of colorless crystals, used as an antiseptic.
  • cafeteria-style — set up to allow a variety of choices.
  • calabash nutmeg — a tropical African shrub, Monodora myristica, whose oily aromatic seeds can be used as nutmegs: family Annonaceae
  • calcareous tufa — tufa
  • calcium sulfate — Calcium sulfate is a white crystalline salt, used as a tablet diluent.
  • calculated risk — a chance of failure, the probability of which is estimated before some action is undertaken.
  • calliper splint — a splint consisting of two metal rods with straps attached, for supporting or exerting tension on the leg
  • camelback truss — a roof truss having upper and lower chords curving upward from a common point at each side.
  • cannibalisation — Alternative form of cannibalization.
  • capital expense — A capital expense is the cost of acquiring or making improvements to fixed assets.
  • capital letters — a letter of the alphabet that usually differs from its corresponding lowercase letter in form and height, as A, B, Q, and R as distinguished from a, b, q, and r : used as the initial letter of a proper name, the first word of a sentence, etc.
  • capital surplus — any surplus of a business firm not derived from direct earnings or profits
  • capitalizations — Plural form of capitalization.
  • capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • capitulationist — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • cardinal points — the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west
  • cardinal system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to their positions relative to navigational hazards.
  • carl xvi gustaf — born 1946, king of Sweden from 1973
  • carpentersville — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • cartesian plane — Usually, Cartesian coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates for locating a point on a plane (Cartesian plane) by its distance from each of two intersecting lines, or in space by its distance from each of three planes intersecting at a point.
  • cassette player — A cassette player is a machine that is used for playing cassettes and sometimes also recording them.
  • cast a spell on — to put into, or as into, a trance
  • cast-iron plant — any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant.
  • castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
  • castellated nut — a nut that has indentations similar to battlements
  • cataclysmically — of, relating to, or resulting from a cataclysm.
  • catalina island — Santa Catalina.
  • categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
  • cathedral glass — a semitransparent sheet of rolled glass having a decorative pattern.
  • catholic school — a school that includes instruction in Roman Catholic faith in its curriculum, with teachers who are often nuns or monks
  • caustic alcohol — sodium ethylate.
  • celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
  • cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
  • central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
  • central reserve — the strip, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a motorway or dual carriageway
  • central sudanic — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic, and including Mangbetu.
  • cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
  • cetti's warbler — a reddish-brown Eurasian warbler, Cettia cetti, with a distinctive song
  • chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
  • channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
  • chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
  • charismatically — In a charismatic way.
  • charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
  • charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
  • charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
  • charlotte russe — a cold dessert made in a mould with sponge fingers enclosing a mixture of whipped cream, custard, etc
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