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15-letter words containing a, l, p, n

  • conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
  • conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
  • conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
  • contemplatively — given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
  • contrapropeller — one of two propellers, usually attached to a ship or aircraft, which rotates in the opposite direction to the other
  • control program — (operating system)   (CP) The component of IBM's Virtual Machine (VM) that provides "guest support" for operating systems that run on IBM mainframe compatible processors. Cp does this by providing a seamless emulation of privileged functions in the problem program environment.
  • copenhagen blue — a greyish-blue colour
  • corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
  • cosmopolitanism — free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
  • cosmopolitanize — to make cosmopolitan.
  • counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
  • counterproposal — a proposal offered as an alternative to a previous proposal
  • county palatine — the lands of a count palatine
  • cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
  • cricopharyngeal — of, relating to, or involving the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx.
  • cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
  • crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
  • culture pattern — a group of interrelated culture traits of some continuity.
  • cushion capital — a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
  • cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
  • cyclobenzaprine — A particular antidepressant generally prescribed as an analgesic and muscle relaxant.
  • cyclopentadiene — a colourless liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon obtained in the cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons and the distillation of coal tar: used in the manufacture of plastics and insecticides. Formula: C5H6
  • daily newspaper — A daily newspaper is a newspaper that is published every day of the week except Sunday.
  • davenport table — a table with drawers, having drop leaves at both ends, often placed in front of or behind a sofa.
  • 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.
  • decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
  • delayed opening — the automatic opening of a parachute after a predetermined delay to allow the parachutist to reach a particular height
  • departmentalism — division into departments, esp when resulting in impaired efficiency
  • departmentalize — to organize into departments, esp excessively
  • depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
  • depletion layer — a region at the interface between dissimilar zones of conductivity in a semiconductor, in which there are few charge carriers
  • deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
  • developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
  • developmentally — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • digital mapping — a method of preparing maps in which the data is stored in a computer for ease of access and updating
  • disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
  • disciplinarians — Plural form of disciplinarian.
  • dispassionately — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
  • dispensableness — The quality of being dispensable.
  • display cabinet — a cabinet in a shop, museum, etc, that displays items
  • displeasingness — the state of being displeasing
  • dispositionally — In a dispositional manner.
  • disproportional — not in proportion; disproportionate.
  • double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
  • doublet pattern — a pattern, as on a fabric, in which a figure or group is duplicated in reverse order on the opposite side of a centerline.
  • draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
  • drop handlebars — aerodynamic handlebars that drop down and curve towards the rider at the ends rather than turning upwards as on conventional bicycles
  • edgar allan poe — Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
  • edmund randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
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