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14-letter words containing i, n, o, m

  • circumnutation — the irregular spiral or elliptical rotation of the apex of a growing stem, root, or shoot, caused by differences in the rate of growth of the opposite sides
  • circumnutatory — relating to circumnutation
  • circumposition — the act of circumposing
  • circumrotation — Rotation or revolution around an axis.
  • circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
  • circumvolution — the act of turning, winding, or folding around a central axis
  • cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
  • cleaning woman — A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.
  • cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
  • climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
  • clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
  • cochairmanship — the position of being one of the two chairmen of an organization
  • coffee machine — a machine that makes coffee from ground coffee
  • coffee morning — A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity.
  • colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
  • coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
  • combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
  • combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
  • combining form — A combining form is a word that is used, or used with a particular meaning, only when joined to another word. For example, '-legged' as in 'four-legged' and '-fold' as in 'fivefold' are combining forms.
  • come down with — If you come down with an illness, you get it.
  • come in useful — If an object or skill comes in useful, it can help you achieve something in a particular situation.
  • comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
  • comma position — angulation (def 3).
  • comma-position — an angular part, position, or formation.
  • command-driven — pertaining to or denoting a software program whose instructions to perform specified tasks are issued by the user as typed commands in predetermined syntax (contrasted with menu-driven).
  • commandantship — the office of a commandant
  • commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
  • commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
  • commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
  • commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
  • commission fee — a fee paid to auctioneers, salespeople, etc, for their services
  • commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • commissionaire — a uniformed doorman at a hotel, theatre, etc
  • commitment fee — a charge made by a bank, in addition to interest, to make a loan available to a potential borrower
  • committeewoman — a female member of a committee
  • committeewomen — Plural form of committeewoman.
  • commodiousness — The state or quality of being commodious.
  • commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
  • common carrier — a person or firm engaged in the business of transporting goods or passengers
  • common council — the local legislative body of a municipal government.
  • common divisor — a number that is a submultiple of all the numbers of a given set.
  • common soldier — a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
  • commonsensical — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
  • communications — the ways in which human beings communicate
  • communion rail — (in a Christian church) the rail in front of the altar at which people kneel when taking communion
  • communion wine — the wine used in the communion service
  • communism peak — a peak of the Pamir mountains, in NE Tajikistan. 24,590 feet (7495 meters).
  • communitarians — Plural form of communitarian.
  • community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
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