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15-letter words containing c, o, d, e, m

  • discombobulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discombobulate.
  • discommissioned — Simple past tense and past participle of discommission.
  • disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
  • discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
  • dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
  • document reader — a device that reads and inputs into a computer marks and characters on a special form, as by optical or magnetic character recognition
  • documentational — the use of documentary evidence.
  • domestic animal — an animal, as the horse or cat, that has been tamed and kept by humans as a work animal, food source, or pet, especially a member of those species that have, through selective breeding, become notably different from their wild ancestors.
  • domestic system — a manufacturing system whereby workers make products in their own homes with materials supplied by entrepreneurs.
  • durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
  • echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
  • echocardiograms — Plural form of echocardiogram.
  • electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
  • endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
  • endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
  • epidemiological — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
  • episodic memory — the recollection of events within their historical setting
  • eric s. raymond — (person)   One of the authors of the Hacker's Jargon File. Eric was involved in the JOLT project and GNU Emacs as well as maintaining several FAQ lists. He is a keen advocate of open source. E-mail: <[email protected]>
  • errand of mercy — a trip undertaken to help someone who is in trouble
  • eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
  • fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.
  • 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
  • formation dance — any dance in which a number of couples form a certain arrangement, such as two facing lines or a circle, and perform a series of figures within or based on that arrangement
  • french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
  • gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
  • geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
  • glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
  • hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
  • 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
  • homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
  • horned cucumber — a tropical African plant, Cucumis metuliferus, having fruit with spiky, orange skin and jellylike pulp that tastes like cucumbers.
  • horned screamer — a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
  • hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
  • hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • immunodeficient — Exhibiting immunodeficiency.
  • implied consent — a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.
  • incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
  • indemnification — the act of indemnifying; state of being indemnified.
  • indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
  • inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
  • isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
  • keystone comedy — a short film of the silent era, often featuring the Keystone Kops.
  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
  • locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
  • lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
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