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15-letter words containing ance

  • homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
  • inheritance tax — a tax levied on the right of an heir to receive a decedent's property, the rate being a percentage of the value of the property.
  • insurance agent — sb who sells insurance policies
  • insurance claim — request for insurance to be paid
  • insurance class — An insurance class is a type of insurance coverage such as liability, health, legal expenses, or construction risk.
  • insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
  • little alliance — an economic and military alliance (1920) between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, which were joined the following year by Romania, formed as a counterbalance to the informal alliance that existed between Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Italy.
  • little entrance — the solemn procession in which the book of the Gospels is carried through the nave of the church and into the bema.
  • long-sufferance — long-suffering.
  • lord chancellor — the highest judicial officer of the British crown: law adviser of the ministry, keeper of the great seal, presiding officer in the House of Lords, etc.
  • low-maintenance — requiring little attention or upkeep
  • maintenance man — man who carries out repairs
  • make allowances — to take mitigating circumstances into account in consideration (of)
  • marie de france — flourished 12th century, French poet in England.
  • middle distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
  • middle-distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
  • motor insurance — insurance for a motor vehicle such as a car, which provides protection against loss in the event of an accident, theft, etc
  • non-cancellable — not subject to cancellation: a noncancellable insurance policy.
  • non-conformance — lack of conformity.
  • non-conveyances — the act of conveying; transmission; communication.
  • nuisance caller — someone who makes an unsolicited telephone call such as a prank call or a call for telemarketing purposes
  • nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
  • object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
  • opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
  • ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • performance art — a collaborative art form originating in the 1970s as a fusion of several artistic media, as painting, film, video, music, drama, and dance, and deriving in part from the 1960s performance happenings.
  • performance car — a car that can go very fast and can increase its speed very quickly
  • policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.
  • pre-renaissance — the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
  • preacquaintance — prior acquaintance with a person or with information, the state of having been preacquainted
  • prostate cancer — cancer of the prostate
  • public nuisance — act, thing: anti-social
  • queen substance — a pheromone secreted from the mandibular glands of a queen honeybee and smelled, eaten, and absorbed by the worker bees, having the effect of preventing them from producing or rearing rival queens.
  • remembrance day — (in Canada) November 11, observed as a legal holiday in memory of those who died in World Wars I and II, similar to Veterans Day in the U.S.
  • renaissance man — a cultured man of the Renaissance who was knowledgeable, educated, or proficient in a wide range of fields.
  • self-acceptance — the act of taking or receiving something offered.
  • self-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
  • self-sustenance — means of sustaining life; nourishment.
  • social distance — the extent to which individuals or groups are removed from or excluded from participating in one another's lives.
  • sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
  • sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
  • storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
  • substance abuse — long-term, pathological use of alcohol or drugs, characterized by daily intoxication, inability to reduce consumption, and impairment in social or occupational functioning; broadly, alcohol or drug addiction.
  • the main chance — the opportunity for personal gain (esp in the phrase an eye to the main chance)
  • the renaissance — the period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world: usually considered as beginning in Italy in the 14th century
  • theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
  • title insurance — insurance protecting the owner or mortgagee of real estate from lawsuits or claims arising from a defective title.
  • torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
  • triple alliance — the alliance (1882–1915) of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
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