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