15-letter words containing c, a, l, u, m, e
- 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.
- conventual mass — the Mass celebrated daily in a convent church for all members of the conventual community.
- coulometrically — in a coulometric manner
- council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held
- counterclaimant — a claim made to offset another claim, especially one made by the defendant in a legal action.
- counterclaiming — Present participle of counterclaim.
- counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
- countermandable — able to be countermanded
- critical volume — the volume occupied by one mole or unit mass of a substance in its critical state
- culture jamming — a form of political and social activism which, by means of fake adverts, hoax news stories, pastiches of company logos and product labels, computer hacking, etc, draws attention to and at the same time subverts the power of the media, governments, and large corporations to control and distort the information that they give to the public in order to promote consumerism, militarism, etc
- customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- discombobulated — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discombobulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discombobulate.
- documentational — the use of documentary evidence.
- eclipse plumage — the dull plumage developed in some brightly colored birds after the breeding season.
- eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- field ambulance — a mobile medical unit that accepts casualties from forward units, treating the lightly wounded and stabilizing the condition of the seriously wounded before evacuating them to a hospital
- fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- full-cream milk — whole unskimmed milk
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- insurance claim — request for insurance to be paid
- intellectualism — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
- interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra
- jerusalem cross — a cross whose four arms are each capped with a crossbar and often with a small Greek cross centered in each quadrant.
- judicial murder — the unjustified execution of the death penalty
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- laptop computer — portable computer
- lithium citrate — a white crystalline solid sometimes used in the treatment of manic-depressive illness and mania. Formula: Li3C6H5O7
- lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- magna cum laude — with great praise: used in diplomas to grant the next-to-highest of three special honors for grades above the average.
- magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
- magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.