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15-letter words containing li

  • credibility gap — A credibility gap is the difference between what a person says or promises and what they actually think or do.
  • credit mobilier — a joint-stock company organized in 1863 and reorganized in 1867 to build the Union Pacific Railroad. It was involved in a scandal in 1872 in which high government officials were accused of accepting bribes.
  • criminalisation — (chiefly, British) Alternative form of criminalization.
  • criminalization — to make punishable as a crime: To reduce the graffiti on subway cars, he wants to criminalize the selling of spray paint to minors.
  • cross-fertilize — to subject or be subjected to cross-fertilization
  • cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
  • crosslinguistic — relating to different languages
  • crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
  • crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
  • crystallisation — (British) alternative spelling of crystallization.
  • crystallization — Crystallization is the process in which crystals are formed either from something that has been melted or from a solution.
  • culturalization — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
  • cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
  • current limiter — a device, as a resistor or fuse, that limits the flow of current to a prescribed amount, independent of the voltage applied.
  • cyclical stocks — shares which are highly sensitive to the business cycle and affected by the performance of the economy
  • cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
  • cycling holiday — a holiday in which one cycles between destinations
  • cycloneolignane — (organic chemistry) Any neolignane having an additional ring.
  • cylinder barrel — the metal casting containing a cylinder of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
  • da hinggan ling — mountain range in NE China along the E border of Mongolia: highest peak, 5,670 ft (1,728 m)
  • darkling beetle — any of a family (Tenebrionidae) of sluggish, dark beetles that feed on plants at night
  • data link layer — (networking)   Layer two, the second lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The data link layer splits data into frames (see fragmentation) for sending on the physical layer and receives acknowledgement frames. It performs error checking and re-transmits frames not received correctly. It provides an error-free virtual channel to the network layer. The data link layer is split into an upper sublayer, Logical Link Control (LLC), and a lower sublayer, Media Access Control (MAC). Example protocols at this layer are ABP, Go Back N, SRP.
  • data link level — data link layer
  • daylight saving — the practice of advancing standard time by one hour in the spring of each year and of setting it back by one hour in the fall in order to gain an extra period of daylight during the early evening.
  • de broglie wave — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
  • decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
  • decipherability — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
  • decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
  • decontextualize — to consider (something) in isolation from its usual context
  • decriminalising — Present participle of decriminalise.
  • decriminalizing — (rare) present participle of decriminalize To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
  • deculturalizing — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
  • deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
  • deindustrialise — Alternative spelling of deindustrialize.
  • deindustrialize — to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area)
  • delabialization — the result or process of delabializing.
  • delivered price — a quoted price of merchandise, as steel, that includes freight charges from the basing point to the point of delivery, usually f.o.b.
  • delivery charge — A delivery charge is the cost of transporting or delivering goods.
  • delivery system — any means or process for conveying a product or service to a recipient.
  • dematerializing — Present participle of dematerialize.
  • demolition bomb — a bomb containing a relatively large charge, used especially to destroy structures.
  • demolition work — the work of knocking down buildings
  • demolition zone — an area consisting of buildings marked for demolition
  • demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • demutualization — Demutualization is a situation in which a mutually owned company such as an insurance company changes into a public company that issues stock.
  • denationalizing — Present participle of denationalize.
  • denormalization — to make normal.
  • departmentalism — division into departments, esp when resulting in impaired efficiency
  • departmentalize — to organize into departments, esp excessively
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