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15-letter words containing ci

  • non-association — an organization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure.
  • non-coincidence — a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance: Our meeting in Venice was pure coincidence.
  • non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
  • non-efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
  • non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
  • non-specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
  • nonanticipative — Not anticipative.
  • noncarcinogenic — Not carcinogenic.
  • nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • noninsecticidal — absent or free of insecticide
  • nonmucilaginous — Not mucilaginous.
  • nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
  • nonsolicitation — Being or pertaining to a particular kind of noncompetition agreement that forbids a former employee from attempting to recruit the employer's colleagues or customers.
  • nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
  • nucleophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being nucleophilic.
  • occipitomastoid — (anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones.
  • official family — the executives or officials chiefly responsible for the operation of an organization or government.
  • official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
  • oneirocriticism — the art of interpreting dreams.
  • orthoboric acid — boric acid (def 1). Compare ortho- (def 2).
  • over-excitement — to excite too much.
  • over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
  • over-solicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
  • pacific islands — a U.S. trust territory in the Pacific Ocean, comprising the Mariana, Marshall, and Caroline Islands: approved by the United Nations 1947; since 1976 constituents of the trusteeship have established or moved toward self-government. 717 sq. mi. (1857 sq. km).
  • pacific madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
  • parhelic circle — a white, horizontal band passing through the sun, either incomplete or extending around the horizon, produced by the reflection of the sun's rays from the vertical faces of ice prisms in the atmosphere.
  • participational — involving participation
  • participatively — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
  • past participle — a participle with past, perfect, or passive meaning, as fallen, sung, defeated; perfect participle: used in English and other languages in forming the present perfect, pluperfect, and passive and as an adjective.
  • patent medicine — a medicine sold without a prescription in drugstores or by sales representatives, and usually protected by a trademark.
  • pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
  • perchloric acid — a colorless, syrupy hygroscopic liquid, HClO 4 , an acid of chlorine containing one more oxygen atom than chloric acid: used chiefly as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
  • peter principle — any of several satirical “laws” concerning organizational structure, especially one that holds that people tend to be promoted until they reach their level of incompetence.
  • phantom circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
  • phonemicization — a grouping of phonemes
  • phoneticization — the representation of speech in writing using a system in which individual symbols reflect speech sounds in a regular manner
  • phosphoric acid — any of three acids, orthophosphoric acid, H 3 PO 4 , metaphosphoric acid, HPO 3 , or pyrophosphoric acid, H 4 P 2 O 7 , derived from phosphorus pentoxide, P 2 O 5 , and various amounts of water.
  • photodissociate — to split or break up molecules as a result of the absorption of photons
  • photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
  • photoexcitation — the creation of an increase in energy in atoms, molecules or ions caused by the absorption of a photon
  • plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
  • polysyllabicism — a polysyllabic style
  • postvaccination — occurring after a vaccination
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
  • precinct police — the police responsible for a district of a city
  • precinct worker — a worker in a polling or electoral district (such as someone who mans voting, etc)
  • precipitantness — the condition or quality of being precipitant, hastiness
  • prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
  • principal focus — focal point (def 1).
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