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15-letter words containing c, r, e, m, n

  • grain itch mite — a mite, Pyemotes ventricosus, that often occurs in straw and normally feeds on the larvae of insects but opportunistically bites humans, causing an itching dermatitis.
  • grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
  • grappier cement — a by-product of the calcination of hydraulic lime, having similar properties and made from ground, unslaked lumps.
  • greenham common — a village in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire; site of a US cruise missile base, and, from 1981, a camp of women protesters against nuclear weapons; although the base had closed by 1991 a small number of women remained until 2000
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
  • hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
  • hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
  • hepatocarcinoma — (pathology) cancer of the liver.
  • herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
  • hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
  • heterochromatin — the dense, highly stainable part of a chromosome.
  • hip replacement — a surgical procedure involving replacing the hip joint with an artificial implant
  • honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
  • hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
  • 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.
  • human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
  • hyperexcitement — excessive or extreme excitement
  • hypersomnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
  • identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
  • image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
  • immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
  • immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
  • impressionistic — a person who follows or adheres to the theories, methods, and practices of impressionism, especially in the fields of painting, music, or literature.
  • incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
  • inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbreviation: in. Hg.
  • incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
  • incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
  • incomprehension — lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.
  • incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
  • incrementalists — Plural form of incrementalist.
  • indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
  • indeterministic — the doctrine that human actions, though influenced somewhat by preexisting psychological and other conditions, are not entirely governed by them but retain a certain freedom and spontaneity.
  • indirect demand — the secondary demand for labour, raw materials, premises etc which arises from the direct demand for goods
  • inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
  • insurance claim — request for insurance to be paid
  • insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
  • interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
  • interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra
  • interchangement — the act of interchanging
  • intercomparison — mutual comparison
  • interferometric — Of or pertaining to interferometry or interferometers.
  • internment camp — a prison camp for the confinement of enemy aliens, prisoners of war, political prisoners, etc.
  • 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.
  • irreconcilement — the quality or state of being unreconciled
  • isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
  • karaoke machine — a device that plays a prerecorded backing tape, to which people take it in turns to sing
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