17-letter words containing m, a, n, t, i, c
- complementariness — forming a complement; completing.
- complementarities — Plural form of complementarity.
- complimentariness — The state or quality of being complimentary.
- composite volcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
- composite-volcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
- compound fraction — complex fraction
- compound interval — an interval that is greater than an octave, as a ninth or a thirteenth.
- compression ratio — the ratio of the volume enclosed by the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine at the beginning of the compression stroke to the volume enclosed at the end of it
- computer terminal — a keyboard and computer monitor connected to a computer
- confirmation-bias — the tendency to process and analyze information in such a way that it supports one’s preexisting ideas and convictions: Confirmation bias is a major issue when we get all our news from social media sites. Unfortunately, their experimental method was proven invalid due to confirmation bias.
- congregationalism — a system of Christian doctrines and ecclesiastical government in which each congregation is self-governing and maintains bonds of faith with other similar local congregations
- consociationalism — Political consociation; government through guaranteed group representation.
- constitutionalism — the principles, spirit, or system of government in accord with a constitution, esp a written constitution
- contemplativeness — The state or quality of being contemplative.
- content marketing — marketing that tries to attract customers by distributing informational content potentially useful to the target audience, rather than by advertising products and services in the traditional way: content marketing through blogs and email newsletters.
- controlling image — a literary device employing repetition so as to stress the theme of a work or a particular symbol.
- coordinate system — a system of coordinates that uses numbers to represent a point, line, or the like.
- copernican system — the theory published in 1543 by Copernicus which stated that the earth and the planets rotated around the sun and which opposed the Ptolemaic system
- counter-complaint — an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; faultfinding: his complaint about poor schools.
- counter-migration — a migration in the opposite direction.
- crampon technique — a climbing style that uses crampons
- credit memorandum — a memorandum issued to an account allowing a credit or reducing a debit, especially one posted to a customer's account.
- criminal contempt — any seriously disrespectful act committed against the dignity or authority of a court.
- crisis management — People use crisis management to refer to a management style that concentrates on solving the immediate problems occurring in a business rather than looking for long-term solutions.
- cross-examination — to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
- cruciate ligament — A cruciate ligament is either of a pair of ligaments that cross at the knee.
- cumulative voting — a system of voting in which each elector has as many votes as there are candidates in his constituency. Votes may all be cast for one candidate or distributed among several
- decriminalisation — (chiefly, British) Alternative form of decriminalization.
- decriminalization — to eliminate criminal penalties for or remove legal restrictions against: to decriminalize marijuana.
- dendroclimatology — The science that uses dendrochronology to reconstruct historical climate conditions.
- despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
- deterministically — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
- diatonic semitone — the pitch difference between certain adjacent degrees of the diatonic scale
- dictating machine — a device that records spoken words, as on audiocassettes, for playing back later to prepare a transcript
- dictionary-making — the work or activity of compiling dictionaries
- discomgoogolation — a feeling of anxiety felt by someone who is unable to access the internet
- displacement hull — a hull that displaces a significant volume of water when under way.
- dna amplification — an increase in the frequency of replication of a DNA segment.
- document examiner — (hypertext, tool) A high-performance hypertext system by Symbolics that provides on-line access to their user documentation.
- dynamic execution — (processor) A combination of techniques - multiple branch prediction, data flow analysis and speculative execution. Intel implemented Dynamic Execution in the P6 after analysing the execution of billions of lines of code.
- dynamically typed — dynamic typing
- election campaign — efforts to promote party or candidate to voters
- electromechanical — Of, relating to, or denoting a mechanical device that is electrically operated.
- electroretinogram — A record of the electrical activity of the retina, used in medical diagnosis and research.
- emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
- emotional capital — When people refer to the emotional capital of a company, they mean all the psychological assets and resources of the company, such as how the employees feel about the company.
- emotional cripple — someone who is unable to feel or show true emotion and so cannot form relationships with other people
- encephalomyelitic — Relating to encephalomyelitis.
- encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
- exclamation point — exclamation mark