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13-letter words containing c, a, m

  • isosmotically — With the same osmotic pressure.
  • jack mackerel — a mackerellike food fish, Trachurus symmetricus, of Pacific coastal waters of the U.S.
  • jacquard loom — a loom for producing elaborate designs in an intricate weave (Jacquard weave) constructed from a variety of basic weaves.
  • john mccarthy — (person, artificial intelligence)   A pioneer of artificial intelligence (he coined ther term). He invented Lisp at MIT in the late 1950s and later worked at SAIL. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
  • judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
  • jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
  • jus canonicum — canon law.
  • keratomycosis — Fungal infection of the cornea.
  • kilomegacycle — a unit of frequency, equal to 10 9 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kMc.
  • kinematically — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
  • king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
  • kitchen match — a wooden friction match with a large head, used especially for igniting gas ovens or burners.
  • kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
  • lacedaemonian — of or relating to ancient Sparta; Spartan.
  • lacrimal bone — a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
  • lacrimal duct — either of two small ducts extending from the inner corner of each eyelid to the lacrimal sac.
  • lake michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
  • lamellibranch — bivalve.
  • laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
  • lapsus calami — a slip of the pen.
  • laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
  • latin america — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
  • lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
  • legacy system — (jargon)   A computer system or application program which continues to be used because of the cost of replacing or redesigning it and often despite its poor competitiveness and compatibility with modern equivalents. The implication is that the system is large, monolithic and difficult to modify. If legacy software only runs on antiquated hardware the cost of maintaining this may eventually outweigh the cost of replacing both the software and hardware unless some form of emulation or backward compatibility allows the software to run on new hardware.
  • leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
  • leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
  • liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
  • lipogrammatic — of or relating to a lipogram
  • little cayman — an island in the W Caribbean: smallest of the Cayman Islands, NE of Grand Cayman. 10 sq. mi. (26 sq. km).
  • local maximum — maximum (def 4a).
  • local minimum — minimum (def 5a).
  • local-maximum — maximum (def 4a).
  • logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
  • logogrammatic — Of or pertaining to logograms; logographic.
  • low churchman — a person who advocates or follows Low Church practices.
  • lower chamber — lower house.
  • lowerclassman — underclassman.
  • lowerclassmen — underclassman.
  • lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
  • lucifer match — friction match.
  • lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
  • lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
  • lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
  • luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
  • lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
  • lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
  • lymphosarcoma — a malignant tumor in lymphatic tissue, caused by the growth of abnormal lymphocytes.
  • macadamia nut — edible seed
  • maccheroncini — thin pasta tubes made from wheat flour
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