14-letter words containing c, a, l, t, o, m
- football match — a match played between two football teams
- fort mcclellan — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Alabama, NE of Anniston.
- ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
- haematological — Alternative spelling of hematological.
- half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- ibm compatible — (computer) A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway 2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the market, marginalising IBM.
- immethodically — Unmethodically.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
- leucocythaemia — leukaemia
- levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- lithochromatic — relating to or produced by painting on stone
- logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
- long-term care — continuing help and attention
- machicolations — Plural form of machicolation.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- macrobiologist — One who studies macrobiology.
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
- major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
- malacostracans — Plural form of malacostracan.
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manometrically — Using a manometer.
- medical doctor — a doctor of medicine, as opposed to the holder of a doctorate in any other field
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- megatechnology — high technology that is developing rapidly
- melastomaceous — belonging to the family Melastomataceae (also known as Melastomaceae)
- mental lexicon — the store of words in a person's mind
- meta-case tool — A term sometimes used for software packages (like TBK or VSF) which allow users to develop or customise their own CASE tools.
- metabolic heat — animal heat.
- metabolic rate — the rate at which living organisms expend energy or convert energy into food
- metal detector — an electronic device for detecting the presence of metal objects, as one used as a portable sweeping unit or one emplaced in an archway at an airport terminal to detect concealed weapons, explosives, etc.
- metallogenetic — metallogenic
- metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.