15-letter words containing is
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- concert pianist — a person who earns a living from giving solo performances on the piano in front of audiences
- concertmistress — the first violinist in an orchestra
- concurrent lisp — (language) A concurrent version of Lisp. Sugimoto et al implemented an interpreter on a "large scale computer" and were planning to implement it on multiple microprocessors.
- confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere
- confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
- connoisseurship — a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art.
- conscriptionist — a person who is in favour of conscription
- conservationism — A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources.
- conservationist — A conservationist is someone who cares greatly about the conservation of the environment and who works to protect it.
- constitutionist — a constitutionalist
- constructionism — an educational theory holding that children learn most effectively when actively doing, or constructing, things, rather than being taught information in a traditional schooling method
- constructionist — a person who interprets constitutional law in a certain way, esp strictly
- constructivists — Plural form of constructivist.
- contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contraclockwise — Counterclockwise.
- conventionalise — Alternative spelling of conventionalize.
- conventionalism — advocacy of or conformity to that which is established
- conventionalist — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- conversationism — a colloquialism
- conversationist — Someone skilled in the art of conversations.
- 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
- corona borealis — a small compact constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Boötes and Hercules
- cosmopolitanism — free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
- costochondritis — (medicine) A benign inflammation of the costal cartilage, causing pain between the ribs.
- countercathexis — (psychology) The suppression or repression of mental energy.
- counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
- coureur de bois — a French Canadian woodsman or Métis who traded with Native Americans for furs
- court christian — ecclesiastical court.
- creme de cassis — a sweet, purplish-red liqueur flavored with black currants
- creme de fraise — a liqueur flavored principally with strawberries.
- criminalisation — (chiefly, British) Alternative form of criminalization.
- crisis software — A small UK company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers.
- crisis theology — a neoorthodox theology, advocated by Karl Barth and others, emphasizing the absolute necessity of faith and divine revelation in transcending the personal crisis, common to all humankind, that arises from the contradictions inherent in human nature and in the social order.
- crispus attucks — Crispus [kris-puh s] /ˈkrɪs pəs/ (Show IPA), 1723?–70, American patriot, probably a fugitive slave, killed in the Boston Massacre.
- crispy critters — (jargon) (Or "Crispy Crittered". From the "Post" breakfast cereal of the same name) hardware which is fried or toast.
- critter cuisine — food consisting of the flesh of insects, eaten as a delicacy in some parts of the world
- crohn's disease — inflammation, thickening, and ulceration of any of various parts of the intestine, esp the ileum
- crosslinguistic — relating to different languages
- cruising radius — the greatest distance that an aircraft or ship can cruise, away from and back to a certain point without refueling
- crush-resistant — not being easily creased
- crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
- cryptozoologist — an expert in cryptozoology
- crystallisation — (British) alternative spelling of crystallization.
- cuisine minceur — a style of cooking, originating in France, that limits the use of starch, sugar, butter, and cream traditionally used in French cookery
- cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
- curate's-eggish — good in parts
- curie-weiss law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to the difference between its temperature and its Curie point