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15-letter words containing ec

  • chief executive — the person with overall responsibility for the efficient running of a company, organization, etc
  • chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
  • chief secretary — (in Britain) the second most senior Treasury post, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • chilling effect — a discouraging or deterring effect, especially one resulting from a restrictive law or regulation.
  • cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
  • cholecalciferol — a compound occurring naturally in fish-liver oils, used to treat rickets. Formula: C27H44O
  • cholecystectomy — surgical removal of the gall bladder
  • cholecystokinin — a hormone secreted by duodenal cells that stimulates the contraction of the gall bladder and secretion of pancreatic enzymes
  • cholecystostomy — a medical cut or opening into the gall bladder to enable a drainage tube to be put in place
  • circumspectness — the quality of being circumspect
  • clear the decks — to prepare for action, as by removing obstacles from a field of activity or combat
  • collected works — the works of a particular writer brought together into one volume or a set of volumes
  • collecting bank — a bank that collects money from the account of the writer of a cheque on behalf of the person who has deposited the cheque into the bank
  • collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
  • collective mark — a trademark or service mark used by the members of a cooperative, a union, or other collective association to identify themselves as members.
  • collective noun — A collective noun is a noun such as 'family' or 'team' that refers to a group of people or things.
  • command economy — In a command economy, business activities and the use of resources are decided by the government, and not by market forces.
  • companion piece — a subsidiary object, esp a work of art or piece of writing, that accompanies another
  • confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
  • confectioneries — Plural form of confectionery.
  • connected graph — (mathematics)   A graph such that there is a path between any pair of nodes (via zero or more other nodes). Thus if we start from any node and visit all nodes connected to it by a single edge, then all nodes connected to any of them, and so on, then we will eventually have visited every node in the connected graph.
  • consecratedness — the state of being consecrated
  • consecutiveness — The state or quality of being consecutive.
  • convection cell — a distinct volume of circulating fluid, in a fluid medium under gravity, that is heated from below and cooled from above: usually found in large groupings.
  • convection oven — a type of oven which cooks food by circulating hot air
  • copy protection — a routine that is included in a program by its publisher to prevent the software from being duplicated except for a single backup copy.
  • coriolis effect — a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the Earth when observed from the Earth. The deflection is due to the Earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole
  • correcting lens — a thin lens used to correct spherical aberration introduced by the spherical mirror in certain optical systems
  • correction tape — a tape that can be placed over a written or typed mistake, on which the correct form can be written or typed, thereby covering the mistake underneath
  • counterchecking — Present participle of countercheck.
  • countersubjects — Plural form of countersubject.
  • court of record — a court which has a permanent record of its proceedings maintained
  • criminal record — a list of a person's criminal convictions
  • cryoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with the application of low-temperature behavior, especially superconductivity, to electronic devices.
  • cryoprecipitate — a precipitate obtained by controlled thawing of a previously frozen substance. Factor VIII, for treating haemophilia, is often obtained as a cryoprecipitate from frozen blood
  • cryoprotectants — Plural form of cryoprotectant.
  • curtain lecture — a scolding or rebuke given in private, esp by a wife to her husband
  • cybertechnology — Computer technology, especially that which involves the Internet or cyberspace.
  • czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
  • data collection — the process of gathering information or data
  • data protection — (in Britain) safeguards for individuals relating to personal data stored on a computer
  • decalcification — the act or process of decalcifying.
  • decarboxylation — the removal or loss of a carboxyl group from an organic compound
  • decarburization — The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
  • decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
  • decatyl alcohol — decanol.
  • decedent estate — the estate left by a decedent.
  • deception table — a table of the 18th century made so as to conceal its true function, as in serving as a cabinet for a chamber pot.
  • decertification — The act or process of decertifying.
  • decipherability — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
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