15-letter words containing c, r, a, m, o
- 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
- communal aerial — a television or radio receiving aerial from which received signals are distributed by cable to several outlets
- communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
- company manners — rules of politeness that people, esp children, are supposed to observe in the presence of other people
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
- comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
- comparison-shop — to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise.
- competition car — a car that has been modified to compete in racing
- compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complementarily — In a complementary manner.
- complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- compromise rail — a rail for linking rails having different sections.
- compromissorial — Relating to compromise.
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- computer-phobia — a person who distrusts or is intimidated by computers.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- computerization — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- comrade in arms — a fellow soldier.
- comrade-in-arms — A comrade-in-arms is someone who has worked for the same cause or purpose as you and has shared the same difficulties and dangers.
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- conservationism — A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources.
- consumer demand — a measure of consumers' desire for a product or service based on its availability
- consumer market — the market of consumers for a particular good or service
- contemporaneity — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
- contemporaneous — If two events or situations are contemporaneous, they happen or exist during the same period of time.
- contrary motion — melodic motion in which one part rises in pitch while the other descends.
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- control command — a keyed instruction conveyed to a computer by using the control key in conjunction with the standard keys
- control program — (operating system) (CP) The component of IBM's Virtual Machine (VM) that provides "guest support" for operating systems that run on IBM mainframe compatible processors. Cp does this by providing a seamless emulation of privileged functions in the problem program environment.
- conversationism — a colloquialism
- corday d'armont — (Marie Anne) Charlotte [muh-ree an shahr-luh t;; French ma-ree an shar-lawt] /məˈri æn ˈʃɑr lət;; French maˈri an ʃarˈlɔt/ (Show IPA), 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine who assassinated Marat.
- coromandel work — lacquer work popular in England c1700 and marked by an incised design filled in with gold and color.
- corporate image — the way an organization is presented to or perceived by its members and the public
- corpus callosum — the band of white fibres that connects the cerebral hemispheres in mammals
- corpus striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter situated in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
- corticothalamic — Of or pertaining to the cortex and the thalamus.
- corynebacterium — any of various bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, including various animal and plant pathogens and animal parasites
- costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
- coulometrically — in a coulometric manner
- coumarone resin — any of the group of thermosetting resins derived by the polymerization of mixtures of coumarone and indene: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints, varnishes, and printing inks.
- council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held
- counter-measure — A counter-measure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- counterargument — A counterargument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
- countercampaign — a campaign responding to another campaign