15-letter words containing c, o, n, t, a, m
- bioaccumulation — the process in which industrial waste, toxic chemicals, etc. gradually accumulate in living tissue
- bituminous coal — a soft black coal, rich in volatile hydrocarbons, that burns with a smoky yellow flame. Fixed carbon content: 46–86 per cent; calorific value: 1.93 × 107 – 3.63 × 107 J/kg
- black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
- boston massacre — an outbreak (1770) in Boston against British troops, in which a few citizens were killed
- bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
- cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
- cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
- calamine lotion — a soothing lotion containing calamine
- campaign button — a disk-shaped pin worn by a supporter of a political candidate, usually bearing the name of the candidate and often a slogan or the candidate's picture.
- capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
- casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
- castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
- castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
- cat-o'-mountain — catamountain
- catchment board — a public body concerned with the conservation and organization of water supply from a catchment area
- chamber concert — a concert of chamber music
- chemoattractant — a chemical substance that provokes chemotaxis, esp one that causes a bacterium to move in the direction in which its concentration is increasing
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
- chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
- 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.
- circumnavigator — A person who circumnavigates; that is, sails around the world.
- circumvallation — surrounded by or as if by a rampart.
- city councilman — a member of a city council
- climate control — air conditioning in a building or vehicle
- climb indicator — an instrument that shows the rate of ascent or descent of an aircraft, operating on a differential pressure principle.
- coast mountains — a mountain range in Canada, on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Waddington, 4043 m (13 266 ft)
- coconut matting — a form of coarse matting made from the fibrous husk of the coconut
- code management — source code management
- codetermination — joint participation of management and employees or employees' trade union representatives in some decisions
- coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
- coleman lantern — a gasoline lantern that gives a bright light, used by campers
- collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
- comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- commodification — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- commoditization — The transformation of something into a commodity.
- common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
- common entrance — (in Britain) an entrance examination for a public school, usually taken at the age of 13
- common fraction — a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both whole numbers
- communicability — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- communicational — relating to or characterized by communication
- communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.