15-letter words containing u, n, e, a, s, i
- cactus geranium — a plant, Pelargonium echinatum, of the geranium family, native to southern Africa, having prickly stipules and white or reddish flowers.
- cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
- carnivorousness — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- cartesian doubt — willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.
- cassini-huygens — a NASA-ESA spacecraft launched in 1997 to study Saturn and its moons; Cassini entered orbit around the planet in 2004 and released the Huygens probe which landed on Titan in 2005
- cause of action — the facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law
- 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.
- channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
- chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
- chenopodiaceous — belonging to the Chenopodiaceae, formerly the goosefoot family, now considered part of the amaranth family of plants.
- chinese lacquer — lacquer (def 2).
- chinese mustard — brown mustard.
- circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
- circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
- circumstantiate — to support by giving particulars
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- coinstantaneous — taking place at exactly the same moment
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- consequentially — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- consubstantiate — (of the Eucharistic bread and wine and Christ's body and blood) to undergo consubstantiation
- contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- continuous wave — an electromagnetic wave, esp. a radio wave, with a constant amplitude and frequency
- contrariousness — The state or quality of being contrarious.
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- coumarone resin — any of the group of thermosetting resins derived by the polymerization of mixtures of coumarone and indene: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints, varnishes, and printing inks.
- countercathexis — (psychology) The suppression or repression of mental energy.
- counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
- 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.
- counterinstance — an instance that refutes a theory
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
- crush-resistant — not being easily creased
- curl one's hair — to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
- current affairs — If you refer to current affairs, you are referring to political events and problems in society which are discussed in newspapers, and on television and radio.
- curtain shutter — a focal-plane shutter consisting of a curtain on two rollers, moved at a constant speed past the lens opening so as to expose the film to one of several slots in the curtain, the width of which determines the length of exposure.
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
- cyber-squatting — (jargon, networking) The practice of registering famous brand names as Internet domain names, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the appropriate owner at a profit.
- decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
- decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
- definite clause — (logic) A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- deindustrialise — Alternative spelling of deindustrialize.
- deindustrialize — to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area)
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- deoch-an-doruis — a parting drink or stirrup cup
- deposit account — A deposit account is a type of bank account where the money in it earns interest.