15-letter words containing ec
- a false economy — If you describe an attempt to save money as a false economy, you mean that you have not saved any money as you will have to spend a lot more later.
- a piece of cake — If you think something is very easy to do, you can say it is a piece of cake. People often say this to stop someone feeling worried about doing something they have to do.
- acoustoelectric — electroacoustic.
- acute bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
- adenoidectomies — Plural form of adenoidectomy.
- adjective group — An adjective group or adjectival group is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football'. An adjective group can also consist simply of an adjective.
- adjectivization — Grammar. to make into an adjective, as by adding a suffix: The noun mirth can be adjectivized by adding -ful or -less to form the adjectives mirthful and mirthless.
- adrenalectomies — Plural form of adrenalectomy.
- adrenoreceptors — Plural form of adrenoreceptor.
- aegyptopithecus — a genus of extinct anthropoid ape of the Oligocene Period known from remains found in Egypt.
- allorecognition — The ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.
- alopecia areata — loss of hair in circumscribed patches.
- american ipecac — a plant, Gillenia stipulata, of the rose family, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having white flowers on long stalks.
- andromonoecious — (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant
- angina pectoris — a sudden intense pain in the chest, often accompanied by feelings of suffocation, caused by momentary lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
- annular eclipse — an eclipse of the sun in which the moon does not cover the entire disc of the sun, so that a ring of sunlight surrounds the shadow of the moon
- antarctic beech — any tree of the genus Nothofagus, related to the beech and native to temperate Australasia and South America, esp Nothofagus cunninghamii of SE Australia or Nothofagus moorei of NE Australia
- anti-technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- antiforeclosure — opposed to the process of foreclosure
- antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
- antispeculative — opposed to or acting against speculation
- antivivisection — opposed to the act or practice or performing experiments on living animals, involving cutting into or dissecting the body
- architectonical — Alternative form of architectonic.
- architecturally — of or relating to architecture: architectural metals.
- arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
- audio recording — an electronic recording of sound
- babinski effect — the reflex curling upwards of the toes (instead of inwards) when the sole of the foot is stroked, normal in infants below the age of two but a pathological condition in adults
- back projection — a method of projecting pictures onto a translucent screen so that they are viewed from the opposite side, used esp in films to create the illusion that the actors in the foreground are moving
- baggage reclaim — the process of passengers' getting back the baggage that they have checked in for a flight
- base technology — (company) The company which developed and distributes Liana. E-mail: Jack Krupansky <[email protected]> (owner). Address: Base Technology, Attn: Jack Krupansky, 1500 Mass. Ave. NW #114 Washington, DC 2005, USA. 800-786-9505 Telephone: +1 800 876 9505.
- bateau neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- bay of campeche — the SW part of the Gulf of Mexico
- bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
- biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
- bits and pieces — You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things.
- bits per second — (communications, unit) (bps, b/s) The unit in which data rate is measured. For example, a modem's data rate is usually measured in kilobits per second. In 1996, the maximum modem speed for use on the PSTN was 33.6 kbps, rising to 56 kbps in 1997. Note that kilo- (k), mega- (M), etc. in data rates denote powers of 1000, not 1024.
- blast injection — the injection of liquid fuel directly into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine using a blast of high-pressure air to atomize the spray of fuel
- blocked records — (storage) Several records written as a contiguous block on magnetic tape so that they may be accessed in a single I/O operation. Blocking increases the amount of data that may be stored on a tape because there are fewer inter-block gaps. It requires that the tape drive or processor have a sufficiently large buffer to store the whole block.
- breech delivery — birth of a baby with the feet or buttocks appearing first
- bring the check — If you bring the check in a restaurant, you bring the customer a piece of paper on which the price of their meal is written.
- british telecom — the popular name for British Telecommunications Group plc, the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband internet provider in the United Kingdom
- brocken specter — an optical phenomenon sometimes occurring at high altitudes when the image of an observer placed between the sun and a cloud is projected on the cloud as a greatly magnified shadow.
- caldecott award — an annual award in the U.S. for an outstanding illustrated juvenile book.
- cashier's check — A cashier's check is one which a cashier signs and which is drawn on a bank's own funds.
- certified check — A certified check is a check that is guaranteed by a bank, because the bank has set aside sufficient money in the account.
- character piece — a short, simple piece, usually for piano, of a type developed chiefly during the 19th century, often of a descriptive or seemingly improvisatory character.
- check guarantee — A check guarantee is any method, usually via a plastic card, that guarantees that a payment made by check will be honored by the account holder’s bank.
- check protector — checkwriter.
- chest infection — a respiratory infection mainly affecting the chest
- chest protector — a protective pad worn over the chest by a catcher or umpire to shield the body from foul tips.
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