13-letter words containing a, c, m
- close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
- clotted cream — Clotted cream is very thick cream made by heating milk gently and taking the cream off the top. It is made mainly in the south west of England.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- clown anemone — a widely distributed anemone fish, Amphiprion ocellaris, having broad bands of orange and white: popular in home aquariums.
- cns stimulant — A CNS stimulant is any substance that stimulates the central nervous system.
- co-management — the practice of managing something jointly
- coal measures — a series of coal-bearing rocks formed in the upper Carboniferous period; the uppermost series of the Carboniferous system
- coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
- coalesced sum — (theory) (Or "smash sum") In domain theory, the coalesced sum of domains A and B, A (+) B, contains all the non-bottom elements of both domains, tagged to show which part of the sum they come from, and a new bottom element. D (+) E = { bottom(D(+)E) } U { (0,d) | d in D, d /= bottom(D) } U { (1,e) | e in E, e /= bottom(E) } The bottoms of the constituent domains are coalesced into a single bottom in the sum. This may be generalised to any number of domains. The ordering is bottom(D(+)E) <= v For all v in D(+)E (i,v1) <= (j,v2) iff i = j & v1 <= v2 "<=" is usually written as LaTeX \sqsubseteq and "(+)" as LaTeX \oplus - a "+" in a circle.
- cochleariform — having a spoon shape
- cockney bream — a young snapper fish
- coconut cream — Also called cream of coconut. a creamy white liquid skimmed from the top of coconut milk that has been made by soaking grated coconut meat in water, used in East Indian cookery, mixed drinks, etc.
- cognitive map — a mental map of one's environment
- cognomination — the process of giving a cognomen
- cohomological — of or relating to cohomology
- coleman stove — a portable kerosene camp stove
- colloquialism — A colloquialism is a colloquial word or phrase.
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- colostomy bag — a bag that is attached to the surgical opening from the colon onto the surface of the body and into which faecal matter passes
- colour camera — a camera that takes colour photographs
- combat jacket — a military-style jacket, usually khaki, olive green, or with camouflage colours
- combat troops — troops who are engaged in fighting
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- combinability — capable of combining or being combined.
- combinational — Of or pertaining to (a) combination.
- combinatorial — of or involving combination, esp. mathematical combination
- combinatorics — a branch of mathematics dealing with combinations and permutations
- come a stumer — to crash financially
- come in handy — If something comes in handy, it is useful in a particular situation.
- come what may — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- comfort woman — a girl or woman forced into prostitution by Japanese soldiers during World War II.
- comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
- coming of age — When something reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people, you can refer to this as its coming of age.
- command paper — (in Britain) a government document that is presented to Parliament, in theory by royal command
- commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- commaundement — Obsolete spelling of commandment.
- comme il faut — correct or correctly
- commeasurable — having the same measure or extent; commensurate.
- commemorating — Present participle of commemorate.
- commemoration — the act or an instance of commemorating
- commemorative — A commemorative object or event is intended to make people remember a particular event or person.
- commemoratory — commemorative (def 1).
- commendations — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
- commensalisms — a companion at table.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.