14-letter words containing l, a, s, e, r, n
- bowling crease — a line marked at the wicket, over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- brass knuckles — linked metal rings or a metal bar with holes for the fingers, worn for rough fighting
- brazing solder — an alloy of copper and zinc for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces
- breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
- bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
- calamine brass — an alloy of zinc carbonate and copper, formerly used to imitate gold.
- call screening — a facility that plays an announcement and records messages, enabling the person called to decide whether or not to answer the call
- camp counselor — activities supervisor
- cancer cluster — the occurrence of a higher than expected number of cancer cases in a small, defined geographical area or population.
- candlesnuffers — Plural form of candlesnuffer.
- canons regular — one of a body of dignitaries or prebendaries attached to a cathedral or a collegiate church; a member of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church.
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- carelessnesses — Plural form of carelessness.
- carrier signal — (communications) A continuous signal of a single frequency capable of being modulated by a second, data-carrying signal. In radio communication, the two common kinds of modulation are amplitude modulation and frequency modulation.
- castelo branco — Humberto de Alencar [oon-ber-too di ah-len-kahr] /ũˈbɛr tʊ dɪ ɑ lɛ̃ˈkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1900–67, Brazilian general and statesman: president 1964–67.
- celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
- central powers — (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
- central sulcus — a deep cleft in each hemisphere of the brain separating the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
- centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- cephalosporins — Plural form of cephalosporin.
- chancel screen — a screen separating the chancel from the main body of a church
- chancellorship — The chancellorship is the position of chancellor. Someone's chancellorship is the period of time when they are chancellor.
- channel surfer — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
- charles sumner — Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- charles's wain — Big Dipper
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
- chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
- cislunar space — the region beyond the earth's atmosphere occurring between the earth and moon
- clairsentience — The ability for a person to acquire psychic knowledge by means of feeling.
- class interval — one of the intervals into which the range of a variable of a distribution is divided, esp one of the divisions of the base line of a bar chart or histogram
- clearance sale — A clearance sale is a sale in which the goods in a shop are sold at reduced prices, because the shopkeeper wants to get rid of them quickly or because the shop is closing down.
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- clive sinclair — (person) Sir Clive Sinclair (1939- ) The British inventor who pioneered the home microcomputer market in the early 1980s, with the introduction of low-cost, easy to use, 8-bit computers produced by his company, Sinclair Research. Sir Clive also invented and produced a variety of electronic devices from the 1960s to 1990s, including pocket calculators (he marketed the first pocket calculator in the world), radios and televisions. Perhaps he is most famous (or some might say notorious) for his range electric vehicles, especially the Sinclair C5, introduced in 1985. He has been a member of MENSA, the high IQ society, since 1962.
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- comparableness — The state or quality of being comparable; comparability.
- concrete class — (programming) In object-oriented programming, a class suitable to be instantiated, as opposed to an abstract class.
- connaturalness — connaturality