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14-letter words containing c, u, l, m

  • circumscissile — (of the dry dehiscent fruits of certain plants) opening completely by a transverse split
  • circumstantial — Circumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it.
  • circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
  • circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
  • circumvolution — the act of turning, winding, or folding around a central axis
  • clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
  • cleistothecium — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
  • clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
  • colloquialisms — Plural form of colloquialism.
  • columbia river — a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 miles (1955 km) long.
  • combustibility — capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable: Gasoline vapor is highly combustible.
  • come in useful — If an object or skill comes in useful, it can help you achieve something in a particular situation.
  • come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
  • comma bacillus — a comma-shaped bacterium, Vibrio comma, that causes cholera in man: family Spirillaceae
  • command module — the cone-shaped module used as the living quarters in an Apollo spacecraft and functioning as the splashdown vehicle
  • commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • common assault — an action that causes a person to fear that he or she is in danger of violent attack
  • common council — the local legislative body of a municipal government.
  • communion rail — (in a Christian church) the rail in front of the altar at which people kneel when taking communion
  • community life — the life and activities of a community
  • complex number — any number of the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers and i = √–1
  • compound fault — a series of closely spaced faults
  • compulsiveness — compelling; compulsory.
  • compusult ltd. — A computer consulting firm (in Newfoundland, Canada?) that provides a public access Unix.
  • computer model — a model of a process or object created on a computer
  • computerizable — able to be computerized
  • conglomerateur — a person who forms or leads a business conglomerate
  • contemptuously — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
  • conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
  • contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
  • control column — a lever or pillar, usually fitted with a handwheel, used to control the movements of an aircraft
  • contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
  • contumeliously — insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
  • corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
  • cosmeceuticals — Plural form of cosmeceutical.
  • countably many — countable
  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
  • court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
  • cream-coloured — cream in colour
  • criminal court — A criminal court is a law court that deals with criminal offences.
  • croquet mallet — the wooden mallet used by a croquet player
  • cross-multiply — to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
  • cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
  • cruise missile — A cruise missile is a missile which carries a nuclear warhead and which is guided by a computer.
  • culture medium — a nutritive substance, such as an agar gel or liquid medium, in which cultures of bacteria, fungi, animal cells, or plant cells are grown
  • cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
  • cumulativeness — The state or quality of being cumulative.
  • cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
  • cyclostomatous — having a circular mouth.
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