15-letter words containing e, n, d, m
- blossom-end rot — a disease of tomato and pepper caused by a deficiency of calcium, characterized by decay at the blossom end of the fruit.
- blow one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- body mass index — A person's body mass index is a measurement that represents the relationship between their weight and their height.
- broken pediment — a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex.
- building permit — a permit for construction work
- bury st edmunds — a market town in E England, in Suffolk. Pop: 36 218 (2001)
- cacodaemoniacal — Demonic; evil.
- cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
- calcium cyanide — a white or grayish-black compound, Ca(CN) 2, used as an insecticide and rodent poison.
- 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.
- 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.
- catchment board — a public body concerned with the conservation and organization of water supply from a catchment area
- chef de mission — the head of a diplomatic body
- chenopodium oil — a colorless or yellowish oil obtained from the seeds and leaves of Mexican tea, used chiefly in medicine as an agent for killing or expelling intestinal worms.
- child endowment — a social security payment for dependent children
- children's home — care institution for minors
- chinese mustard — brown mustard.
- chopped almonds — almonds cut into small pieces
- 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.
- circumnavigated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate.
- code management — source code management
- codetermination — joint participation of management and employees or employees' trade union representatives in some decisions
- combined forces — the forces of two or more countries, fighting together
- come to no good — to come to a bad end; end in failure, trouble, etc.
- 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.
- common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
- common shelduck — a large, brightly coloured gooselike duck of the Old World, Tadorna tadorna
- compendiousness — The state or quality of being compendious.
- completion date — (in Britain) the date on which the sale of a piece of property is final
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- compound engine — a steam engine in which the steam is expanded in more than one stage, first in a high-pressure cylinder and then in one or more low-pressure cylinders
- compound flower — a flower head made up of many small flowers appearing as a single bloom, as in the daisy
- compound magnet — a magnet consisting of two or more separate magnets placed together with like poles pointing in the same direction.
- compound number — a quantity expressed in two or more different but related units
- comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- comrade in arms — a fellow soldier.
- comrade-in-arms — A comrade-in-arms is someone who has worked for the same cause or purpose as you and has shared the same difficulties and dangers.
- conductiometric — conductometric
- confidence game — A confidence game is the same as a confidence trick.
- consumer credit — Consumer credit is money that is lent to people by organizations such as banks, building societies, and shops so that they can buy things.
- consumer demand — a measure of consumers' desire for a product or service based on its availability
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- coromandel work — lacquer work popular in England c1700 and marked by an incised design filled in with gold and color.