15-letter words containing u, n, r, i, s, e
- chinese lacquer — lacquer (def 2).
- chinese mustard — brown mustard.
- circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
- circumincession — the reciprocal existence within the three members of the Trinity
- circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
- circumspectness — the quality of being circumspect
- circumstantiate — to support by giving particulars
- closed universe — (in cosmology) a hypothetical expanding universe that contains sufficient matter to reverse the observed expansion through its gravitational contraction.
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- computer vision — a robot analogue of human vision in which information about the environment is received by one or more video cameras and processed by computer: used in navigation by robots, in the control of automated production lines, etc.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- 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.
- connoisseurship — a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art.
- consumer choice — the range of competing products and services from which a consumer can choose
- consumer credit — Consumer credit is money that is lent to people by organizations such as banks, building societies, and shops so that they can buy things.
- consumer strike — a boycott of a product by consumers, often in protest over a raise in its price.
- 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
- corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
- 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.
- counter-sinking — to enlarge the upper part of (a cavity), especially by chamfering, to receive the cone-shaped head of a screw, bolt, etc.
- 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
- counterquestion — a question which acts as a reply to another question
- countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
- creeping fescue — red fescue.
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
- critter cuisine — food consisting of the flesh of insects, eaten as a delicacy in some parts of the world
- croque-monsieur — a sandwich filled with ham and cheese, either dipped in egg batter or buttered on the outside, and toasted or grilled
- crush-resistant — not being easily creased
- cuisine minceur — a style of cooking, originating in France, that limits the use of starch, sugar, butter, and cream traditionally used in French cookery
- 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.
- current density — the ratio of the electric current flowing at a particular point in a conductor to the cross-sectional area of the conductor taken perpendicular to the current flow at that point. It is measured in amperes per square metre
- 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
- 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.
- deindustrialise — Alternative spelling of deindustrialize.
- deindustrialize — to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area)
- deleteriousness — The quality of being deleterious.
- density current — a turbid, dense current of sediments in suspension moving along the slope and bottom of a lake or ocean.
- deoch-an-doruis — a parting drink or stirrup cup
- deputy minister — (in Canada) the senior civil servant in a government department
- derequisitioned — Simple past tense and past participle of derequisition.
- destructiveness — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
- desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
- deuteronomistic — one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.