19-letter words containing m, a, c, l, e, i
- common-law marriage — a marriage deemed to exist after a couple have cohabited for several years
- commonsense realism — naive realism.
- community policeman — a police officer assigned to a particular area
- community relations — the particular state of affairs in an area where potentially conflicting ethnic, religious, cultural, political, or linguistic groups live together
- compact disc player — a machine for playing compact discs
- compact disk player — a device for playing compact disks.
- compassionate leave — Compassionate leave is time away from your work that your employer allows you for personal reasons, especially when a member of your family dies or is seriously ill.
- complement fixation — the fixing of complement into the product of an antigen-antibody reaction: used as an infection indicator in certain serologic tests that measure the presence or absence of free, active complement
- complexity analysis — In sructured program design, a quality-control operation that counts the number of "compares" in the logic implementing a function; a value of less than 10 is considered acceptable.
- complimentary close — the part of a letter that by convention immediately precedes the signature, as “Very truly yours,” “Cordially,” or “Sincerely yours.”.
- computer peripheral — a device that is attached to and controlled by a computer, such as a scanner, printer, or external hard drive
- computer simulation — an event, process, or scenario that is created on a computer
- confocal microscope — a light microscope with an optical system designed to reject background from matter outside the focal plane and therefore allowing images of different sections of a specimen to be obtained
- contemplative order — a religious order whose members are devoted to prayer rather than works.
- continental climate — a climate characterized by hot summers, cold winters, and little rainfall, typical of the interior of a continent
- conventional memory — (storage) The first 640 kilobytes of an IBM PC's memory. Prior to EMS, XMS, and HMA, real mode application could use only this part of the memory.
- conventional wisdom — The conventional wisdom about something is the generally accepted view of it.
- corporal punishment — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them.
- corrosive sublimate — mercuric chloride
- criminal negligence — negligence which is punishable under the law
- cuboidal epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of cells of cuboid or polyhedral shape.
- cultivated mushroom — an edible mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) with a pale cap and stalk: the most common food mushroom
- cultural relativism — a concept that cultural norms and values derive their meaning within a specific social context. Also called cultural relativism. Compare ethnocentrism (def 2).
- cultural-relativism — a concept that cultural norms and values derive their meaning within a specific social context. Also called cultural relativism. Compare ethnocentrism (def 2).
- cumulative evidence — additional evidence reinforcing testimony previously given
- customs declaration — a form declaring the nature and value of goods, etc, for customs purposes
- customs regulations — the regulations relating to customs in a particular country
- de-compartmentalize — to divide into categories or compartments.
- deflate compression — deflate
- disaster capitalism — the practice (by a government, regime, etc) of taking advantage of a major disaster to adopt liberal economic policies that the population would be less likely to accept under normal circumstances
- displaced homemaker — a woman recently divorced, separated, or widowed after many years as a homemaker.
- displacement engine — any engine employing the rectilinear motion of one or more pistons in cylinders.
- duplicating machine — a duplicator, especially one for making identical copies of documents, letters, etc.
- ecumenical movement — See under ecumenical (def 4).
- elastic deformation — In elastic deformation a material changes shape when a stress is applied to it but goes back to its original state when the stress is removed.
- elastomeric closure — An elastomeric closure is a component that closes a piece of packaging. An elastomeric closure is made from a material that is able to resume its original shape when it is removed from the packaging and may be in direct contact with the drug enclosed in the pack.
- electrohydrodynamic — (physics) Of or pertaining to electrohydrodynamics.
- electromagnetically — By means of electromagnetism.
- electromechanically — In an electromechanical way.
- electron micrograph — a photograph or image of a specimen taken using an electron microscope
- electronic magazine — (messaging, publication, web) (e-zine) A regular publication on some particular topic distributed in digital form, chiefly now via the web but also by electronic mail or floppy disk. E-zines are often distributed for free by enthusiasts.
- elementary particle — any of several entities, such as electrons, neutrons, or protons, that are less complex than atoms and are regarded as the constituents of all matter
- emotional blackmail — a way of persuading someone to do something they do not want to do by making them feel guilty about it
- euclidean algorithm — Euclid's Algorithm
- exophthalmic goiter — a disease of unknown cause characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, overproduction of the thyroid hormone, and abnormal protrusion of the eyeballs
- exophthalmic goitre — a form of hyperthyroidism characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, protrusion of the eyeballs, increased basal metabolic rate, and weight loss
- facultative apomict — a plant that can reproduce sexually or asexually.
- family practitioner — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
- family-sized packet — a large packet
- female circumcision — clitoridectomy.