14-letter words containing c, a, m, p
- sleepaway camp — a camp providing facilities for teenagers to sleep away from home
- smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- social-compact — the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
- source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
- space medicine — the branch of aviation medicine dealing with the effects on humans of flying outside the earth's atmosphere.
- space platform — space station.
- spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
- sparring match — a practice boxing match
- specimen plant — a plant grown by itself for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others in a bed or border.
- spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
- speculum metal — any of several bronze alloys with a high tin content, often containing other materials, as silver, brass, lead, zinc, or arsenic, used for making mirrors and reflectors.
- speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
- spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
- spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
- spirit compass — a wet compass filled with a mixture of alcohol and water.
- stream capture — piracy (def 3).
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- temple terrace — a town in W Florida.
- the-peacemaker — (Albert Edward"the Peacemaker") 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1901–10 (son of Queen Victoria).
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
- top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
- triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.
- tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
- tropical storm — a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
- turmeric paper — paper treated with turmeric: used to indicate the presence of alkalis, which turn it brown, or of boric acid, which turns it reddish-brown.
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- uncontemporary — outmoded
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
- whipping cream — cream with enough butterfat to allow it to be made into whipped cream.
- work placement — temporary job, internship
- world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world
- writer's cramp — spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.