14-letter words containing c, i, n, a, m
- anthropometric — the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
- anti-climactic — of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.
- anti-communist — a person who is opposed to Communism
- anti-incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- antialcoholism — the doctrine of being opposed to alcoholic drink
- antiarrhythmic — a drug that corrects irregular heartbeat
- anticapitalism — opposition to capitalism
- anticommercial — opposed to profit-seeking or commercialism
- anticommutator — (mathematics) A function of two elements A and B, defined as AB + BA.
- anticonformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
- antidemocratic — opposed to the principles or practice of democracy
- antidromically — in an antidromic manner
- antihemophilic — That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
- antihistaminic — relating to antihistamines
- antihumanistic — being opposed to humanism
- antilymphocyte — (immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytes.
- antimicrobials — Plural form of antimicrobial.
- antimonarchist — opposed to a monarchy
- antimonic acid — antimony pentoxide.
- antiradicalism — the opposition to radicalism
- antispasmodics — Plural form of antispasmodic.
- antithrombotic — preventing the formation of blood clots
- appendectomies — Plural form of appendectomy.
- appendicectomy — surgical removal of any appendage, esp the vermiform appendix
- apprenticement — apprenticeship
- arabic numeral — one of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (opposed to Roman numerals)
- archimandrites — Plural form of archimandrite.
- arctic monkeys — British rock group (formed 2002): comprising Alex Turner (born 1986; vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born 1985, guitar), Matt Helders (born 1986, drums, vocals) and Nick O'Malley (born 1985, bass guitar); their albums include Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), and AM (2013)
- armor-piercing — (of bullets, artillery shells, etc.) designed especially for piercing armor.
- arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
- arthroconidium — A kind of asexual fungal spore, typically produced by segmentation of pre-existing fungal hyphae.
- asian-american — of or connected with Americans of Asian ancestry
- associationism — a theory that all mental activity is based on connections between basic mental events, such as sensations and feelings
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- atomic veteran — a veteran of the armed forces who was exposed to radioactivity during the testing or use of nuclear (atomic) weapons in World War II or subsequent wars.
- back formation — the invention of a new word on the assumption that a familiar word is derived from it. The verbs edit and burgle were so created from editor and burglar
- back-formation — the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.
- backup pumpkin — pumpkin
- bactrian camel — a two-humped camel, Camelus bactrianus, used as a beast of burden in the cold deserts of central Asia
- balsaminaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Balsaminaceae, a family of flowering plants, including balsam and touch-me-not, that have irregular flowers and explosive capsules
- bamboo curtain — (esp in the 1950s and 1960s) the political and military barrier to communications around the People's Republic of China
- base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
- bavarian cream — a cold dessert consisting of a rich custard set with gelatine and flavoured in various ways
- bibliomaniacal — relating to a bibliomaniac
- biocontainment — the confinement, as by sealed-off chambers, of materials that are harmful or potentially harmful to life.
- bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
- black diamonds — carbonado1 .
- black selenium — an allotropic form of selenium occurring as a black, amorphous, water-insoluble, light-sensitive powder: used chiefly in photoelectric cells.
- block mountain — a mountain produced by faulting and the uplifting of large blocks of rock