15-letter words containing a, m, e, l, i, o
- camelot library — (library)
- camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
- ceylon cinnamon — the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
- chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- chemical toilet — a toilet in which waste is treated with chemicals
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
- chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
- cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- climate control — air conditioning in a building or vehicle
- coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
- collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
- collective mark — a trademark or service mark used by the members of a cooperative, a union, or other collective association to identify themselves as members.
- commercial bank — a bank primarily concerned with accepting demand deposits, used as checking accounts
- commercial code — a telegraphic code designed to convey a message with a minimum number of words and thereby reduce toll costs.
- commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
- commercializing — Present participle of commercialize.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- committal order — the document that commits someone to prison
- common-law wife — a woman considered to be a man's wife after the couple have cohabited for several years
- communal aerial — a television or radio receiving aerial from which received signals are distributed by cable to several outlets
- communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
- communion table — (in a Christian church) the table at which people take communion
- commutative law — a law asserting that the order in which certain logical operations are performed is indifferent.
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compatibilities — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complementarily — In a complementary manner.
- complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
- complementation — In linguistics, a complementation pattern of a verb, noun, or adjective is the patterns that typically follow it.
- completion date — (in Britain) the date on which the sale of a piece of property is final
- complex-machine — Older Use. an automobile or airplane. a typewriter.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- compromise rail — a rail for linking rails having different sections.
- confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- contemplatively — given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
- conventionalism — advocacy of or conformity to that which is established
- cooley's anemia — a form of thalassemia characterized by severe anemia, growth retardation, etc. and usually resulting in death at an early age: the genes causing this condition are inherited from both parents
- cosmopolitanize — to make cosmopolitan.
- costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
- coulometrically — in a coulometric manner
- council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held