15-letter words containing c, h, a, m, o, n
- craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
- cyclohexylamine — a highly toxic and hazardous organic chemical derived from cyclohexane
- demythification — the act of demythifying
- dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
- dichotomisation — Alternative spelling of dichotomization.
- dichotomization — The act of dichotomizing or the thing dichotomized; classification.
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
- endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
- factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
- faith community — a community of people sharing the same religious faith
- fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
- gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
- greenham common — a village in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire; site of a US cruise missile base, and, from 1981, a camp of women protesters against nuclear weapons; although the base had closed by 1991 a small number of women remained until 2000
- gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- harmonic motion — periodic motion consisting of one or more vibratory motions that are symmetric about a region of equilibrium, as the motion of a vibrating string of a musical instrument.
- harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
- hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
- hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
- hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
- hepatocarcinoma — (pathology) cancer of the liver.
- heterochromatin — the dense, highly stainable part of a chromosome.
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
- hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
- horned screamer — a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.
- human condition — mortality
- human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
- karaoke machine — a device that plays a prerecorded backing tape, to which people take it in turns to sing
- keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
- king's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- macaroni cheese — Macaroni cheese is a dish made from macaroni and cheese sauce.
- malayan camphor — borneol.
- mannheim school — a group of musicians of the mid-18th century in Mannheim, Germany, notable for developing a style of orchestral composition and performance directly antecedent to and influential on the classical style of Haydn and Mozart.
- marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
- mechanochemical — involving the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.