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15-letter words containing e, d, m, a

  • augmented sixth — an interval greater than a major sixth by a chromatic half step.
  • automatic drive — an automotive transmission requiring either very little or no manual shifting of gears.
  • azobisformamide — (chemistry) azodicarbonamide.
  • baconian method — induction (def 4a).
  • ballroom dancer — a person who participates in ballroom dancing
  • barium chloride — a poisonous compound, BaCl2, consisting of flat white crystals that are soluble in water: it is used to treat water, metals, leather, etc.
  • barium peroxide — a gray-white powder, BaO2, used as a bleach and in making hydrogen peroxide
  • basidiomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the basidiomycetes.
  • basse-normandie — a region of NW France, on the English Channel: consists of the Cherbourg peninsula in the west rising to the Normandy hills in the east; mainly agricultural
  • bedtime reading — a book, magazine etc read at bedtime
  • beside the mark — not striking the point aimed at
  • bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
  • bitmapped image — a computer image that is held in memory as a series of colored dots in a grid, each dot represented by one or more bits.
  • bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
  • body mass index — A person's body mass index is a measurement that represents the relationship between their weight and their height.
  • break the mould — If you say that someone breaks the mould, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
  • cacodaemoniacal — Demonic; evil.
  • cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
  • cadmium sulfate — a water-soluble compound, CdSO 4 , of colorless crystals, used as an antiseptic.
  • cadmium sulfide — a toxic pigment, CdS, varying from lemon yellow (cadmium yellow) to yellowish orange (cadmium orange) and used in paints, photocells, semiconductors, etc.
  • calcium carbide — a grey salt of calcium used in the production of acetylene (by its reaction with water) and calcium cyanamide. Formula: CaC2
  • calcium cyanide — a white or grayish-black compound, Ca(CN) 2, used as an insecticide and rodent poison.
  • calcium sulfide — a yellow to light-gray, slightly water-soluble powder, CaS, having the odor of rotten eggs when moist: used chiefly in the preparation of luminous paint, hydrogen sulfide, and as a depilatory in cosmetics.
  • camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
  • canada moonseed — a vine, Menispermum canadense, of eastern North America, having variable leaves and black, grapelike fruit.
  • carbon monoxide — Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that is produced especially by the engines of vehicles.
  • cardiac massage — a rhythmic compressing of the heart, using the hands to force blood through the blood vessels: an emergency medical procedure for treating heart failure
  • cardinal number — A cardinal number is a number such as 1, 3, or 10 that tells you how many things there are in a group but not what order they are in. Compare ordinal number.
  • cardinal system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to their positions relative to navigational hazards.
  • carding machine — card2 (defs 1, 2).
  • casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
  • casters-up mode — [IBM, probably from slang belly up] Yet another synonym for "broken" or "down". Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is "down" may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is "casters up" is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for fixing it).
  • catchment board — a public body concerned with the conservation and organization of water supply from a catchment area
  • chinese mustard — brown mustard.
  • chopped almonds — almonds cut into small pieces
  • chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
  • chromosome band — any of the transverse bands that appear on a chromosome after staining. The banding pattern is unique to each type of chromosome, allowing characterization
  • cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
  • circumambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumambulate.
  • circumnavigated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate.
  • claims adjuster — A claims adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money a person making a claim should receive.
  • code management — source code management
  • codetermination — joint participation of management and employees or employees' trade union representatives in some decisions
  • command economy — In a command economy, business activities and the use of resources are decided by the government, and not by market forces.
  • commendableness — The state or quality of being commendable.
  • commercial code — a telegraphic code designed to convey a message with a minimum number of words and thereby reduce toll costs.
  • committal order — the document that commits someone to prison
  • commodity trade — trade in raw materials and food
  • common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
  • completion date — (in Britain) the date on which the sale of a piece of property is final
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