14-letter words containing i, m, t, a, n, c
- apprenticement — apprenticeship
- archimandrites — Plural form of archimandrite.
- arctic monkeys — British rock group (formed 2002): comprising Alex Turner (born 1986; vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born 1985, guitar), Matt Helders (born 1986, drums, vocals) and Nick O'Malley (born 1985, bass guitar); their albums include Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), and AM (2013)
- arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
- arthroconidium — A kind of asexual fungal spore, typically produced by segmentation of pre-existing fungal hyphae.
- associationism — a theory that all mental activity is based on connections between basic mental events, such as sensations and feelings
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- atomic veteran — a veteran of the armed forces who was exposed to radioactivity during the testing or use of nuclear (atomic) weapons in World War II or subsequent wars.
- back formation — the invention of a new word on the assumption that a familiar word is derived from it. The verbs edit and burgle were so created from editor and burglar
- back-formation — the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.
- bactrian camel — a two-humped camel, Camelus bactrianus, used as a beast of burden in the cold deserts of central Asia
- bamboo curtain — (esp in the 1950s and 1960s) the political and military barrier to communications around the People's Republic of China
- base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
- biocontainment — the confinement, as by sealed-off chambers, of materials that are harmful or potentially harmful to life.
- bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
- block mountain — a mountain produced by faulting and the uplifting of large blocks of rock
- by acclamation — by an overwhelming majority without a ballot
- by implication — If you say that something is the case by implication, you mean that a statement, event, or situation implies that it is the case.
- cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
- campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
- campaign trail — the series of appearances that a politician makes at different locations as part of a political campaign, esp before an election
- captain's mast — a hearing conducted by the captain of a vessel into minor offences of the crew
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- caramelization — the conversion of sugar into caramel, caused by heating
- carcinomatosis — a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
- catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
- celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
- centenarianism — the situation or condition of being a centenarian
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- ceremonial tea — a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
- chemical agent — an agent that produces chemical reactions
- chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
- chemical toner — toner (def 4).
- chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chemotaxonomic — of or relating to chemotaxonomy
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
- christian name — Some people refer to their first names as their Christian names.
- christmas fern — an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock.
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
- chronometrical — a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- cinnamon stick — a rolled strip of the dried aromatic bark of the tropical Asian lauraceous tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, used as a spice for flavouring food and drink
- cinnamon stone — essonite