14-letter words containing c, r, a, m
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- ice cream cone — a thin, crisp, hollow conical wafer for holding one or more scoops of ice cream.
- ice-cream cone — a thin, crisp, hollow conical wafer for holding one or more scoops of ice cream.
- ice-cream soda — An ice-cream soda is a dessert made from ice cream, fruit-flavoured syrup, and soda water. It is usually served in a tall glass.
- ice-cream suit — a man's lightweight summer suit of white or a finely striped or solid pastel color.
- image orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.
- immunoreaction — Immune reaction.
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- impact printer — (printer) The earlier, noisier kind of printer where part of the mechanism comes into contact with the paper. The term would only be only used in contrast to "non-impact printer". Examples include line printer, daisy wheel printer, golf ball printer, dot matrix printer, Braille printer.
- imparisyllabic — (of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.
- imperial beach — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- impracticality — not practical or useful.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
- incrementalism — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementalist — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementation — The act or process of incrementing.
- indiscriminant — Misspelling of indiscriminate.
- indiscriminate — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- instant camera — a usually portable camera that produces a finished picture shortly after each exposure. Compare Polaroid (def 2).
- inter-american — of or relating to some or all of the countries of North, Central, and South America.
- interactionism — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.
- intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
- jamaica ginger — an alcoholic extract of ginger used as a flavoring.
- james h. clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
- karnatak music — the classical music of South India
- kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
- kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lacrimal gland — either of two tear-secreting glands situated in the upper outer angle of the orbit.
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
- lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- latin american — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- lawrence frame — a gilded frame for a circular or oval painting, having a rectangular exterior form.
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- lethal chamber — a room or enclosure where animals may be killed by exposure to a poison gas.
- levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
- lithochromatic — relating to or produced by painting on stone