16-letter words containing c, e, n, t, u, m
- costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
- counter-argument — A counter-argument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
- counterarguments — Plural form of counterargument.
- countermigration — a migration in the opposite direction.
- countermovements — Plural form of countermovement.
- counterstatement — a statement made to deny or refute another statement.
- counterterrorism — Counterterrorism consists of activities that are intended to prevent terrorist acts or to get rid of terrorist groups.
- cream of coconut — coconut cream (def 1).
- cream-of-coconut — Also called cream of coconut. a creamy white liquid skimmed from the top of coconut milk that has been made by soaking grated coconut meat in water, used in East Indian cookery, mixed drinks, etc.
- creole continuum — a range of language varieties in an area undergoing decreolization showing a continuous gradation from forms more like the underlying creole to those approaching the standard language.
- criminal justice — the system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, used for all stages of criminal proceedings and punishment.
- cromwell current — an equatorial Pacific current, flowing eastward from the Hawaiian Islands to the Galápagos Islands
- customary tenant — a tenant occupying a property under the customs of the manor, often a low-status tenant with little security of tenure
- defective number — a positive number that is greater than the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 10, which is greater than the sum of 1, 2, and 5.
- dehumidification — Dehumidification is the removal of vapor from a gas-vapor mixture.
- direction number — the component of a vector along a given line; any number proportional to the direction cosines of a given line.
- distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
- document imaging — the process of converting paper documents into an electronic or digital format
- documentary film — factual, informative film
- easter communion — the act of receiving communion in church on Easter Day - considered special because of the primacy of Easter among Christian festivals and because many people regard taking Easter communion as a basic token of membership of their church
- electronic music — music: synthesized
- exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
- fluorescent lamp — a tubular electric discharge lamp in which light is produced by the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of the tube.
- french community — a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.
- fuel consumption — use of a material to generate power
- fundamentalistic — Fundamentalist.
- general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
- gentlemen's club — a private social club whose members were traditionally aristocratic males
- humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
- hydraulic cement — cement that can solidify under water.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- image consultant — imagemaker.
- immunocompetence — having the potential for immunologic response; capable of developing immunity after exposure to antigen.
- impact extrusion — an extrusion process in which a slug of cold metal in a shallow die cavity is formed by the action of a rapidly moving punch that forces the metal through the die or back around the punch.
- imperfect fungus — a fungus for which only the asexual reproductive stage is known, as any fungus of the Fungi imperfecti.
- incidental music — music intended primarily to point up or accompany parts of the action of a play or to serve as transitional material between scenes.
- indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
- intercommunicate — to communicate mutually, as people.
- interculturalism — The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society.
- interim accounts — accounts published in the course of the financial year
- intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
- irminger current — a branch of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N past the W coast of Iceland and then W.
- lesbian cymatium — cyma reversa.
- macpherson strut — an automobile suspension-system component that consists of a strut combined with a spring and shock absorber and connects the wheel to the frame of the vehicle.
- magnetic circuit — the closed path described by magnetic flux. It is analogous to the electric circuit with resistance, where flux, reluctance, and magnetomotive force correspond to electric current, resistance, and electromotive force.
- magnetic equator — aclinic line.
- magnetic pick-up — a type of record player pick-up in which the stylus moves an iron core in a coil, causing a changing magnetic field that produces the current
- magnetoacoustics — (used with a singular verb) the branch of physics studying the effects of magnetism on acoustics or their interaction.
- manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale