14-letter words containing c, r, o, s, m, p
- cross-platform — (software, hardware) A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system platform (e.g. Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh). E.g. Netscape Navigator, Java.
- cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- hypermicrosoma — dwarfishness.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- incompressible — not capable of being compressed.
- incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
- isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
- locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
- lz compression — Lempel-Ziv compression
- macrocephalous — Having a large head.
- macrosporangia — Plural form of macrosporangium.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- markov process — a process in which future values of a random variable are statistically determined by present events and dependent only on the event immediately preceding.
- metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- microcomputers — Plural form of microcomputer.
- microparasites — Plural form of microparasite.
- microparasitic — Of or pertaining to microparasites.
- microphysicist — a physicist who specializes in microphysics
- microprocessor — an integrated computer circuit that performs all the functions of a CPU.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
- microsporangia — Plural form of microsporangium.
- microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
- microsporocyte — one of the mother cells that produce four microspores by meiosis.
- misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
- misperceptions — Plural form of misperception.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- mispronouncing — Present participle of mispronounce.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- morphotonemics — the morphophonemics of tonal phenomena.
- mount prospect — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- multiprocessor — parallel processing
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
- oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
- open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
- optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.