15-letter words that end in te
- copper sulphate — a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4
- cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
- 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
- decedent estate — the estate left by a decedent.
- decree absolute — A decree absolute is the final order made by a court in a divorce case which ends a marriage completely.
- dedifferentiate — to undergo the process of dedifferentiation
- deep-etch plate — an offset printing plate with an intaglio image filled with a substance that attracts ink to make it planographic.
- dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
- dephosphorylate — to remove a phosphate group from (an organic compound)
- disaffectionate — not affectionate
- disintermediate — (business, banking, finance) To carry out disintermediation.
- dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
- dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
- eau de toilette — toilet water.
- engraving plate — a metal, usually steel, plate on which an image is engraved in order to be reproduced
- etesian climate — a climate having sunny, hot, dry summers and rainy winters.
- ethyl carbamate — a colourless odourless crystalline ester that is used in the manufacture of pesticides, fungicides, and pharmaceuticals. Formula: CO(NH2)OC2H5
- evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
- expiration date — when food product is no longer fresh
- ferrous sulfate — a bluish-green, crystalline, saline-tasting, water-soluble heptahydrated solid, FeSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of other iron salts, in water purification, fertilizer, inks, pigments, tanning, photography, and in medicine in the treatment of anemia.
- fixed satellite — a satellite in a geostationary orbit
- fluorophosphate — a salt or ester of a fluorophosphoric acid.
- fractional note — a banknote in a denomination smaller than the standard unit of currency
- freestone state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
- gnu mirror site — GNU archive site
- grain itch mite — a mite, Pyemotes ventricosus, that often occurs in straw and normally feeds on the larvae of insects but opportunistically bites humans, causing an itching dermatitis.
- graphic granite — a pegmatite that has crystals of gray quartz imbedded in white or pink microcline in such a manner that they resemble cuneiform writing.
- greenfield site — a site located in a rural area which has not previously been built on
- haemagglutinate — to cause the clumping of red blood cells in (a blood sample)
- haemoflagellate — a flagellate protozoan, such as a trypanosome, that is parasitic in the blood
- half-wave plate — a crystal thin enough to cause a phase difference of 180° between the ordinary and extraordinary rays of polarized light, thereby changing the direction of the plane of polarization.
- hazardous waste — any industrial by-product, especially from the manufacture of chemicals, that is destructive to the environment or dangerous to the health of people or animals: Hazardous wastes often contaminate ground water.
- hemicryptophyte — any perennial plant that bears its overwintering buds at soil level, where they are often partly covered by surface debris
- honeymoon suite — a luxurious suite in a hotel designed for honeymooners
- hydroxybutyrate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
- hydroxylapatite — Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite.
- ichthyodorulite — a spiny plate located on the tail and back of some fish or similar vertebrates
- ichthyodorylite — a fossilised fish-spine
- initiation rite — something done as part of initiation
- intercollegiate — taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.
- isoamyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 14 O 2 , used in flavorings, perfumery, and as a solvent. Compare banana oil (def 1).
- jayhawker state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- joint favourite — one of two or more competitors in a race or contest that are considered equally likely to win
- linalyl acetate — a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 12 H 20 O 2 , having a pleasant odor: used chiefly in perfumes, cosmetics, toilet water, and soap.
- lithium citrate — a white crystalline solid sometimes used in the treatment of manic-depressive illness and mania. Formula: Li3C6H5O7
- lone star state — Texas (used as a nickname).
- low-level waste — waste material contaminated by traces of radioactivity that can be disposed of in steel drums in concrete-lined trenches but not (since 1983) in the sea
- magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- megagametophyte — the female gametophyte in seed plants.