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15-letter words containing c, a, n, d

  • andromonoecious — (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant
  • aneroid capsule — a box or chamber of thin metal, partially exhausted of air, used in the aneroid barometer and pressure altimeter.
  • angel food cake — a light, spongy, white cake made with egg whites and no shortening
  • annulled branch — delayed control-transfer
  • anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • anti-radicalism — the holding or following of radical or extreme views or principles.
  • antiaphrodisiac — something that represses sexual desire
  • anticancer drug — a drug used to treat cancer
  • anticardiolipin — (medicine, immunology) Directed against cardiolipin.
  • anticoincidence — of or relating to an electronic circuit that produces an output pulse if one but not both of its input terminals receives a pulse within a specified interval of time
  • antieducational — opposing the provision of knowledge
  • appendicularian — of or relating to a family of molluscs (Appendicularia) characterized by their long tail appendages
  • arts and crafts — decorative handicraft and design, esp that of the Arts and Crafts movement, in late nineteenth-century Britain, which sought to revive medieval craftsmanship
  • ascending colon — the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs.
  • ascending scale — a scale that is rising in pitch
  • assured tenancy — an agreement between a government-approved body such as a housing association and a tenant for occupation of a newly-built house or flat at an agreed market rent, under which the tenant has security of tenure
  • astrodynamicist — a person who studies astrodynamics
  • atlantic ridley — ridley (def 1).
  • atlantic-ridley — ridley (def 1).
  • audience appeal — the quality of being attractive to an audience
  • audience rating — a figure based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
  • audio frequency — a frequency in the range 20 hertz to 20 000 hertz. A sound wave of this frequency would be audible to the human ear
  • audio recording — an electronic recording of sound
  • audubon society — a North American organization devoted to the conservancy of birds
  • baconian method — induction (def 4a).
  • badminton court — the court on which games of badminton are played
  • bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
  • bait-and-switch — denoting a deceptive method of selling, by which customers, attracted to a store by sale items, are told either that the advertised bargain item is out of stock or is inferior to a higher-priced item that is available.
  • balanced rudder — a rudder so designed that the center of water pressure on the forward face, when turned, lies about halfway along the length, minimizing the turning effort required.
  • balanced ticket — a slate of candidates chosen to appeal to a wide range of voters, especially by including members of large regional, ethnic, or religious groups.
  • ballroom dancer — a person who participates in ballroom dancing
  • banking product — one of the various services offered by a bank to its customers: mortgages, loans, insurance etc
  • barley sandwich — a drink of beer, esp at lunch time
  • basic anhydride — a compound formed by removing water from a more complex compound: an oxide of a nonmetal (acid anhydride) or a metal (basic anhydride) that forms an acid or a base, respectively, when united with water.
  • basic education — (in India) education in which all teaching is correlated with the learning of a craft
  • beach goldenrod — a composite plant, Solidago sempervirens, of eastern and southern North America, having a thick stem and large, branched, one-sided terminal clusters of yellow flowers, flourishing on sea beaches or salt marshes.
  • belt-and-braces — providing double security, in case one security measure should fail
  • ben day process — a method of adding texture, shading, or detail to line drawings by overlaying a transparent sheet of dots or any other pattern during platemaking
  • benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
  • benzal chloride — a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.
  • beta-adrenergic — pertaining to or involving beta receptors
  • bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
  • big sandy creek — a river in central Colorado, flowing NE and SE to the Arkansas River near Lamar: site of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. 200 miles (322 km) long.
  • bishop auckland — a town in N England, in central Durham: seat of the bishops of Durham since the 12th century: light industries. Pop: 24 764 (2001)
  • bits and pieces — You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things.
  • black and white — In a black and white photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
  • black horehound — a hairy unpleasant-smelling chiefly Mediterranean plant, Ballota nigra, having clusters of purple flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
  • black-and-white — displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
  • bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
  • blanc de blancs — white wine, esp. champagne, made from white grapes
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