14-letter words containing c, a, m, o, t
- dramatic irony — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
- econometrician — Someone who studies economies with a view to mathematics.
- ectocommensals — Plural form of ectocommensal.
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- electromotance — an electromotive force
- electromyogram — A record or display produced by electromyography.
- electrothermal — concerned with both electricity and heat, esp the production of electricity by heat
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
- etymologically — (domain) Based on or belonging to etymology.
- exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- excommunicator — One who excommunicates.
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
- extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
- fall victim to — If you fall victim to something or someone, you suffer as a result of them, or you are killed by them.
- family compact — any influential clique
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- fifth monarchy — the fifth and final monarchy following the Assyrian, Persian, Greek (under Alexander the Great), and Roman monarchies, supposed to have been prophesied in Dan. 2.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- 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.
- friction match — a kind of match tipped with a compound that ignites by friction.
- gamma function — a function defined by Γ(x) = ∫0∞tx–1e–tdt, where x is real and greater than zero
- gamma-carotene — one of the forms of the pigment carotene
- ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
- geometric mean — the mean of n positive numbers obtained by taking the n th root of the product of the numbers: The geometric mean of 6 and 24 is 12.
- geometric pace — a modern form of a Roman pace, a measure of length taken as 5 feet
- gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
- haematological — Alternative spelling of hematological.
- haematopoietic — Of or pertaining to haematopoiesis.
- haemocytometer — an apparatus for counting the number of cells in a quantity of blood, typically consisting of a graduated pipette for drawing and diluting the blood and a ruled glass slide on which the cells are counted under a microscope
- 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.
- hamito-semitic — denoting or belonging to this family of languages
- have a stomack — to be pregnant