15-letter words containing c, h, a, m, o
- chanson d'amour — love song.
- charles coulomb — Charles Augustin de [sharl oh-gy-stan duh] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1736–1806, French physicist and inventor.
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
- chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
- chaulmoogra oil — a brownish-yellow oil or soft fat expressed from the seeds of a chaulmoogra tree, used formerly in the treatment of leprosy and skin diseases.
- chemical toilet — a toilet in which waste is treated with chemicals
- chemoattractant — a chemical substance that provokes chemotaxis, esp one that causes a bacterium to move in the direction in which its concentration is increasing
- chemoautotrophs — Plural form of chemoautotroph.
- chemoautotrophy — the process of deriving energy through oxidizing inorganic chemical compounds, as opposed to photosynthesis
- chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
- chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
- chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
- chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
- cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- chondrosarcomas — Plural form of chondrosarcoma.
- chopped almonds — almonds cut into small pieces
- choriocarcinoma — a cancer that occurs during pregnancy in the uterus
- christmas carol — a joyful hymn or religious song, celebrating the birth of Christ
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- chromatographer — A person skilled in chromatography or who operates a chromatograph.
- chromatographic — (analytical chemistry) Of or pertaining to chromatography.
- chromic acetate — a grayish-green, water-soluble powder, Cr(C 2 H 3 O 2) 3 ⋅H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles.
- chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
- chromosome band — any of the transverse bands that appear on a chromosome after staining. The banding pattern is unique to each type of chromosome, allowing characterization
- chromoxylograph — a coloured print created from printing with wooden blocks
- cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
- cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
- cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
- cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
- collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
- communist china — China, People's Republic of.
- comparison-shop — to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise.
- complex-machine — Older Use. an automobile or airplane. a typewriter.
- compotationship — the state of being a compotator or drinking companion
- computer-phobia — a person who distrusts or is intimidated by computers.
- copying machine — a machine that makes copies of original documents, especially by xerography.
- corticothalamic — Of or pertaining to the cortex and the thalamus.
- council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held
- countercharming — Present participle of countercharm.
- countermarching — Present participle of countermarch.
- craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
- crash programme — a short intensive programme to learn a skill, language, etc
- curia rhaetorum — a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)
- cyclohexylamine — a highly toxic and hazardous organic chemical derived from cyclohexane
- dartmouth basic — (language) The original BASIC language, designed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. Dartmouth BASIC first ran on a GE 235 [date?] and on an IBM 704 on 1964-05-01. It was designed for quick and easy programming by students and beginners using Dartmouth's experimental time-sharing system. Unlike most later BASIC dialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.
- demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- demythification — the act of demythifying