15-letter words containing i, m, p, a
- 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
- blenheim palace — a palace in Woodstock in Oxfordshire: built (1705–22) by Sir John Vanbrugh for the 1st Duke of Marlborough as a reward from the nation for his victory at Blenheim; gardens laid out by Henry Wise and Capability Brown; birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill (1874)
- bouillotte lamp — a table lamp of the 18th century, having two or three adjustable candle brackets and a common shade sliding on a central shaft.
- bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
- brazilian plume — a tropical American plant, Justicia carnea, of the acanthus family, having hairy, prominently veined leaves and a short, dense cluster of purple or pink flowers, grown in greenhouses or outdoors in warm regions.
- brompheniramine — a substance, C 16 H 19 BrN 2 , used as an antihistamine in the management of various allergies, as hay fever.
- campaign button — a disk-shaped pin worn by a supporter of a political candidate, usually bearing the name of the candidate and often a slogan or the candidate's picture.
- campaign ribbon — a distinctively colored ribbon, either on a small, narrow bar or in the form of a strip, representing a military campaign participated in by the wearer.
- campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
- camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
- capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
- cardiopulmonary — of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs
- castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
- chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
- chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
- chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
- chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
- christmas party — a party organized before Christmas, usually by a firm or organization
- chromatographic — (analytical chemistry) Of or pertaining to chromatography.
- chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
- cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
- cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
- cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
- cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- come up for air — rise to water's surface
- commission plan — (in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members
- commit to paper — to write down; record
- common-isdn-api — Common ISDN Application Programming Interface
- communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
- communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
- companion piece — a subsidiary object, esp a work of art or piece of writing, that accompanies another
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
- comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
- comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
- comparison-shop — to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise.
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
- compatibilities — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- competition car — a car that has been modified to compete in racing
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complementarily — In a complementary manner.
- complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
- complementation — In linguistics, a complementation pattern of a verb, noun, or adjective is the patterns that typically follow it.
- completion date — (in Britain) the date on which the sale of a piece of property is final
- complex-machine — Older Use. an automobile or airplane. a typewriter.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.