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13-letter words containing a, r, c, m

  • atomic theory — any theory in which matter is regarded as consisting of atoms, esp that proposed by John Dalton postulating that elements are composed of atoms that can combine in definite proportions to form compounds
  • audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
  • autapomorphic — (biology) Describing any characteristic that has evolved in only a single species (or other taxon).
  • autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
  • autumn crocus — a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
  • azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
  • baal merodach — Marduk.
  • backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
  • balsam spruce — either of two North American coniferous trees of the genus Picea, P. pungens (the blue spruce) or P. engelmanni
  • band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
  • barrier cream — a cream used to protect the skin, esp the hands, from dirt and from the action of oils or solvents
  • basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
  • bedroom farce — a light comedy about sexual relationships
  • biculturalism — the characteristics, or policy, of a two-cultured society
  • bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
  • black margate — a grayish grunt, Anisotremus surinamensis, of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil.
  • black mustard — a Eurasian plant, Brassica (or Sinapsis) nigra, with clusters of yellow flowers and pungent seeds from which the condiment mustard is made: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • black skimmer — a black and white New World skimmer, Rynchops nigra, having a bill with a reddish-orange base.
  • blame culture — the tendency to look for one person or organization that can be held responsible for a bad state of affairs, an accident, etc
  • block diagram — a diagram showing the interconnections between the parts of an industrial process
  • bomber jacket — A bomber jacket is a short jacket which is gathered into a band at the waist or hips.
  • bootlace worm — a nemertean worm, Lineus longissimus, that inhabits shingly shores and attains lengths of over 6 m (20 ft)
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
  • burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
  • cabinet maker — A cabinet maker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
  • cabinet-maker — a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.
  • cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
  • cable tramway — tramway (def 4).
  • cadmium green — a pigment used in painting, consisting of a mixture of hydrated oxide of chromium with cadmium sulfide, and characterized by its strong green color and slow drying rate.
  • caesaropapism — the theory that the state should have authority over the church in ecclesiastical matters; Erastianism
  • caiman lizard — a crocodilelike lizard, Dracaena guianensis, of South America, having powerful jaws for crushing the snails and mussels upon which it feeds.
  • camel cricket — cave cricket.
  • camera lucida — an instrument attached to a microscope, etc to enable an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface to facilitate the sketching of the image
  • camerapersons — Plural form of cameraperson.
  • camp fire boy — a boy who is a member of the Campfire Boys and Girls. Compare Camp Fire Girl.
  • camp follower — If you describe someone as a camp follower, you mean that they do not officially belong to a particular group or movement but support it for their own advantage.
  • camp-drafting — a competitive test, esp at an agricultural show, of horsemen's skill in drafting cattle
  • campaniliform — Alternative form of campaniform.
  • camphoraceous — similar to camphor
  • camping chair — a chair which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
  • campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
  • candid camera — a small camera that may be used to take informal photographs of people, usually without their knowledge
  • cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
  • cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
  • capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
  • caramel cream — a dessert made of eggs, sugar, milk, etc, topped with caramel
  • carbamazepine — an anticonvulsant drug used in the management of epilepsy
  • carbamic acid — hypothetical compound known only in carbamate salts
  • carbonium ion — type of positively charged organic ion
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