14-letter words containing a, l, m, n, i, c
- caramelization — the conversion of sugar into caramel, caused by heating
- cayman islands — three coral islands in the Caribbean Sea northwest of Jamaica: a dependency of Jamaica until 1962, now a UK Overseas Territory. Capital: George Town. Pop: 53 737 (2013 est). Area: about 260 sq km (100 sq miles)
- celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- ceremonial tea — a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
- chemical agent — an agent that produces chemical reactions
- chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
- chemical toner — toner (def 4).
- chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chinook salmon — a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
- chlorpromazine — a drug derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer and sedative, esp in psychotic disorders. Formula: C17H19ClN2S
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- chondromalacia — degeneration of cartilage in the knee, usually caused by excessive wear between the patella and lower end of the femur.
- chronometrical — a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
- cinema complex — a building containing several cinemas
- circumcolumnar — surrounding a column.
- circumstantial — Circumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it.
- circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
- cleaning woman — A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- climate change — change occurring in the Earth's overall climate and in particular climates, now regarded as a result of human activity and resulting generally in global warming
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
- commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
- commonsensical — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
- communion rail — (in a Christian church) the rail in front of the altar at which people kneel when taking communion
- companion cell — any of a number of specialized parenchymal cells adjacent to a sieve tube in the phloem of flowering plants, believed to regulate the flow of nutrients through the tube.
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity
- compassionless — having no compassion
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compensational — the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
- confirmability — the quality of being confirmable
- confirmational — providing proof or supporting evidence
- conformability — Conformableness.
- conformational — manner of formation; structure; form, as of a physical entity.
- conglomerating — Present participle of conglomerate.
- conglomeration — A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together.
- conglomerative — of, relating to, or resembling a conglomerate
- contemplations — Plural form of contemplation.
- contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
- contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- continentalism — an attitude, expression, etc., characteristic of a continent, especially of Europe.