15-letter words containing c
- campaign ribbon — a distinctively colored ribbon, either on a small, narrow bar or in the form of a strip, representing a military campaign participated in by the wearer.
- campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
- camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
- canada moonseed — a vine, Menispermum canadense, of eastern North America, having variable leaves and black, grapelike fruit.
- canadian forces — the official name for the military forces of Canada
- canadian french — the French language as spoken in Canada, esp in Quebec
- canadian legion — a national social club for veterans of the Canadian armed services.
- canadian shield — (in Canada) the wide area of Precambrian rock extending west from the Labrador coast to the basin of the Mackenzie and north from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay and the Arctic: rich in minerals
- canadian whisky — a blended whisky made in Canada from rye and other grains
- canadianization — to make Canadian in character.
- cancel a policy — If you cancel a policy, you terminate a contract of insurance.
- canisterization — the process of putting (something) into a canister or canisters
- cannellini bean — a cream-coloured kidney-shaped bean with a mild flavour
- cannibalisation — Alternative form of cannibalization.
- cannibalization — to subject to cannibalism.
- canning factory — a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly where food is sealed in cans or tins to preserve it
- cannonball tree — a South American tree, Couroupita guianensis, bearing round, woody-husked fruit whose shells are used to make containers and utensils.
- cannot help but — to be unable to do anything else except
- canteen culture — the alleged clannishness of the police force, whereby the prevalent attitudes inhibit officers from reporting or speaking out against malpractice, racism, etc
- canterbury bell — a campanulaceous biennial European plant, Campanula medium, widely cultivated for its blue, violet, or white flowers
- canterbury lamb — New Zealand lamb exported chilled or frozen to the United Kingdom
- cantilever beam — a long thick straight-sided piece of wood, metal, concrete, etc that is fixed at one end and is free at the other
- cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
- cape finisterre — a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland
- cape gooseberry — a tropical American solanaceous plant, Physalis peruviana, naturalized in southern Africa, having yellow flowers and edible yellow berries
- cape horn fever — illness feigned by malingerers.
- capillarization — The formation and development of a network of capillaries to a part of the body; it is increased by aerobic exercise.
- capital account — A country's capital account is the part of its balance of payments that is concerned with the movement of capital.
- capital expense — A capital expense is the cost of acquiring or making improvements to fixed assets.
- capital gearing — the ratio of a company's debt capital to its equity capital
- 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 offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
- 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.
- caprifoliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of N temperate shrubs, small trees, and climbers including honeysuckle, elder, and guelder-rose
- captain's chair — a hardwood armchair having a low, curved back, formed of a single rail supported by spindles, and a saddle seat
- car maintenance — the act of maintaining an automobile
- car transporter — a vehicle for carrying automobiles
- carbazotic acid — picric acid.
- carbon fixation — the process by which plants assimilate carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form metabolically active compounds
- carbon monoxide — Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that is produced especially by the engines of vehicles.
- carboxylic acid — any of a class of organic acids containing the carboxyl group
- carcinogenicity — any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.
- carcinosarcomas — Plural form of carcinosarcoma.
- cardiac massage — a rhythmic compressing of the heart, using the hands to force blood through the blood vessels: an emergency medical procedure for treating heart failure
- cardinal beetle — any of various large N temperate beetles of the family Pyrochroidae, such as Pyrochroa serraticornis, typically scarlet or partly scarlet in colour
- cardinal flower — a campanulaceous plant, Lobelia cardinalis of E North America, that has brilliant scarlet, pink, or white flowers
- cardinal humour — any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition