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15-letter words containing s, t, r, e, l

  • collected works — the works of a particular writer brought together into one volume or a set of volumes
  • colorado desert — an arid region of SE California and NW Mexico, west of the Colorado River. Area: over 5000 sq km (2000 sq miles)
  • colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
  • comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
  • complementizers — Plural form of complementizer.
  • complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • compressibility — the ability to be compressed
  • comptrollership — controller (def 1).
  • concurrent lisp — (language)   A concurrent version of Lisp. Sugimoto et al implemented an interpreter on a "large scale computer" and were planning to implement it on multiple microprocessors.
  • conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
  • consideratively — in a considerative manner
  • container class — (programming)   A class whose instances are collections of other objects. Examples include arrays, lists, queues and stacks. A container class typically provides methods such as count, insert, delete and search.
  • contraclockwise — Counterclockwise.
  • control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
  • controller bias — In a control loop, the controller bias is a constant amount added to or subtracted from the action that a controller would normally take with a particular gain.
  • controversially — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • converted steel — cement steel.
  • convertibleness — The state of being convertible; convertibility.
  • copper sulphate — a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4
  • coriolis effect — a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the Earth when observed from the Earth. The deflection is due to the Earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole
  • corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
  • correcting lens — a thin lens used to correct spherical aberration introduced by the spherical mirror in certain optical systems
  • correlativeness — The state or quality of being correlative.
  • correspondently — in a correspondent manner
  • corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
  • costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
  • costume jewelry — Costume jewelry is jewelry made from cheap materials.
  • counterbalances — Plural form of counterbalance.
  • countercultures — Plural form of counterculture.
  • counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
  • counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
  • 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.
  • counterproposal — a proposal offered as an alternative to a previous proposal
  • couples therapy — a counseling procedure that attempts to improve the adaptation and adjustment of two people who form a conjugal unit.
  • cradle snatcher — someone who marries or has an affair with a much younger person
  • crestfallenness — the state of being crestfallen
  • crestone needle — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,197 feet (4330 meters).
  • 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 tolerance — the resistance to one or more effects of a substance because of tolerance to a pharmacologically similar substance: a cross-tolerance of some alcoholics to anesthetics.
  • cross-fertilize — to subject or be subjected to cross-fertilization
  • cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
  • cross-tolerance — the resistance to one or more effects of a substance because of tolerance to a pharmacologically similar substance: a cross-tolerance of some alcoholics to anesthetics.
  • crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
  • cryoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with the application of low-temperature behavior, especially superconductivity, to electronic devices.
  • crystal counter — an instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity of high-energy radiation, in which particles collide with a crystal and momentarily increase its conductivity
  • 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
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