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14-letter words containing c, o, a, l, m, e

  • old-time dance — a formal or formation dance, such as the lancers
  • oligocythaemia — a condition in which a person lacks red blood cells
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
  • open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
  • ophthalmoscope — an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye or examining the retina.
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
  • organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
  • orthomolecular — being or pertaining to the treatment of disease by increasing, decreasing, or otherwise controlling the intake of natural substances, especially vitamins. Compare megavitamin (def 1).
  • overcompliance — excessive compliance
  • overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • palaeoclimatic — relating to the climate of a prehistoric age
  • petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • pharmacopoeial — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
  • pinealectomize — to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal)
  • pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
  • polar molecule — a molecule in which the centroid of the positive charges is different from the centroid of the negative charges.
  • polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
  • police academy — a school for training police officers
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
  • pre-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
  • pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
  • psychochemical — pertaining to chemicals or drugs that affect the mind or behavior.
  • quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
  • report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
  • rhombic aerial — a directional travelling-wave aerial, usually horizontal, consisting of two conductors each forming a pair of adjacent sides of a rhombus
  • roman calendar — the calendar in use in ancient Rome until 46 b.c., when it was replaced with the Julian calendar.
  • sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
  • scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
  • sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
  • schlaer-mellor — An object-oriented analysis (OOA), design and modelling method that addresses the integration of structural and behavioural properties. It also allows an animation of the design.
  • scholar's mate — a simple mate by the queen on the f7 square, achievable by white's fourth move
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semi-socialism — a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
  • semicommercial — of, relating to, or characterized by limited marketing of an experimental product
  • semiofficially — in a semiofficial manner
  • semiologically — in a semiological manner; in a way that pertains to semiology
  • showplace home — a historic house
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