15-letter words containing m, a, c, n, e, s
- castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
- castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
- chamber counsel — a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court
- champagne glass — a glass for drinking champagne, either a glass with a wide mouth and a roughly triangular shape or a tall flute
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
- chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
- 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
- circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
- circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
- circumstantiate — to support by giving particulars
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commendableness — The state or quality of being commendable.
- commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- commissionaires — Plural form of commissionaire.
- commissionnaire — Alternative form of commissionaire.
- common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
- commonplaceness — The state or quality of being commonplace.
- company manners — rules of politeness that people, esp children, are supposed to observe in the presence of other people
- 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
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- 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.
- confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- conservationism — A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources.
- consumer demand — a measure of consumers' desire for a product or service based on its availability
- consumer market — the market of consumers for a particular good or service
- contemporaneous — If two events or situations are contemporaneous, they happen or exist during the same period of time.
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- conventionalism — advocacy of or conformity to that which is established
- conventual mass — the Mass celebrated daily in a convent church for all members of the conventual community.
- conversationism — a colloquialism
- cooley's anemia — a form of thalassemia characterized by severe anemia, growth retardation, etc. and usually resulting in death at an early age: the genes causing this condition are inherited from both parents