13-letter words containing m, a, r, c
- carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.
- carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
- categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
- cattle market — A cattle market is a market where cattle are bought and sold.
- caveat emptor — Caveat emptor means 'let the buyer beware', and is a warning to someone buying something that it is their responsibility to identify and accept any faults in it.
- cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
- cell membrane — a very thin membrane, composed of lipids and protein, that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the passage of substances into and out of the cell
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- ceramic oxide — a compound of oxygen with nonorganic material: recently discovered to act as a high-temperature superconductor
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cetane number — a measure of the quality of a diesel fuel expressed as the percentage of cetane in a mixture of cetane and 1-methylnapthalene of the same quality as the given fuel
- chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
- chairmanships — Plural form of chairmanship.
- chamber music — Chamber music is classical music written for a small number of instruments.
- chamber opera — an opera requiring few performers and a small orchestra.
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- changing room — A changing room is a room where you can change your clothes and usually have a shower, for example at a sports centre.
- charmed quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 1.0 to 1.6 GeV/c2, a positive charge that is 2⁄3 the charge of an electron, +1 charm, and zero strangeness
- chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemautotroph — an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or hydrogen sulphide
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- cherry tomato — a miniature tomato not much bigger than a cherry
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chloromethane — methyl chloride.
- cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chrematistics — Study of wealth.
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
- christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
- christmas day — Christmas Day is the 25th of December, when Christmas is celebrated.
- christmas eve — Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day.
- christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
- christmastime — the Christmas season, traditionally from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day or to Epiphany (Jan. 6)
- chromatically — In a chromatic manner.
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation