14-letter words containing c, e, m, t, a, r
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- fort mcclellan — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Alabama, NE of Anniston.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
- gamma-carotene — one of the forms of the pigment carotene
- genetic marker — any distinct inheritable indicator of identity and ancestry.
- 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
- grammaticalize — to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, “body,” as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, “friendly.”.
- grammaticaster — (derogatory) A pedantic, inferior grammarian.
- 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
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- heteroaromatic — a heterocyclic aromatic compound.
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperchromatic — Hyperchromic.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- ice-cream suit — a man's lightweight summer suit of white or a finely striped or solid pastel color.
- image orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.
- immunoreaction — Immune reaction.
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- impact printer — (printer) The earlier, noisier kind of printer where part of the mechanism comes into contact with the paper. The term would only be only used in contrast to "non-impact printer". Examples include line printer, daisy wheel printer, golf ball printer, dot matrix printer, Braille printer.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- incrementalism — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementalist — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementation — The act or process of incrementing.
- indiscriminate — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- instant camera — a usually portable camera that produces a finished picture shortly after each exposure. Compare Polaroid (def 2).
- inter-american — of or relating to some or all of the countries of North, Central, and South America.
- interactionism — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.
- intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
- kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).