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15-letter words containing c, a, m, p, e, r

  • master corporal — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces senior to a corporal and junior to a sergeant
  • mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
  • matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
  • mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
  • mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
  • megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • memory capacity — (on a computer or other device) the amount of memory space available for data storage
  • menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
  • merchant prince — a very wealthy or influential merchant.
  • metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
  • microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
  • microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
  • micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
  • military police — soldiers who perform police duties
  • minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
  • misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
  • misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
  • mock pennyroyal — pennyroyal (def 2).
  • morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • native compiler — (programming, tool)   A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
  • neural computer — a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.
  • noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
  • noncontemporary — not contemporary
  • nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
  • over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
  • pacific madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
  • pan-americanism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the countries of North, Central, and South America.
  • parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
  • parchment paper — a waterproof and grease-resistant paper produced by treating ordinary paper with concentrated sulfuric acid.
  • parent compound — a compound from which derivatives may be obtained.
  • parmesan cheese — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
  • pectoral muscle — muscle of the chest
  • performance art — a collaborative art form originating in the 1970s as a fusion of several artistic media, as painting, film, video, music, drama, and dance, and deriving in part from the 1960s performance happenings.
  • performance car — a car that can go very fast and can increase its speed very quickly
  • pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
  • personal column — The personal column in a newspaper or magazine contains messages for individual people and advertisements of a private nature.
  • pharmacotherapy — the treatment of disease through the administration of drugs.
  • physical memory — (memory management)   The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
  • picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
  • piece to camera — a TV report in which a reporter is filmed saying something
  • planimetrically — in a planimetric manner
  • platform rocker — a rocking chair supported on a stationary base
  • platform scales — a weighing machine which has a platform that you put something on to be weighed
  • platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
  • pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
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