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

  • slalom descent — a winding descent
  • social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
  • social realism — a style of painting, especially of the 1930s in the U.S., in which the scenes depicted typically convey a message of social or political protest edged with satire.
  • sockeye salmon — an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific.
  • sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
  • soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • space platform — space station.
  • stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
  • sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • the real mccoy — the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied (usually preceded by the or the real): Those other paintings are copies, but this one is the McCoy.
  • thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
  • ultracompetent — extremely competent
  • ultramicrotome — a microtome capable of producing very fine slices of tissue or cellular specimens for electron microscopic examination.
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
  • uncommunicable — incommunicable.
  • uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
  • undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
  • work placement — temporary job, internship
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