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17-letter words containing m, a, s

  • comedie francaise — the French national theatre, founded in Paris in 1680
  • comedy of manners — a comedy dealing with the way of life and foibles of a social group
  • comity of nations — the friendly recognition accorded by one nation to the laws and usages of another
  • commercialisation — Alternative spelling of commercialization.
  • commodity markets — stock markets in which commodities are traded
  • communicativeness — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • companionableness — The state or quality of being companionable.
  • company secretary — A company secretary is a person whose job within a company is to keep the legal affairs, accounts, and administration in order.
  • compartmentalised — Simple past tense and past participle of compartmentalise.
  • compartmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compartmentalize.
  • compass deviation — deviation (def 4).
  • compassionateness — The state or quality of being compassionate.
  • compensated grade — a grade that has been reduced along a curve to offset the additional resistance due to the curve.
  • complement clause — a subordinate clause that functions as the subject, direct object, or prepositional object of a verb, as that you like it in I'm surprised that you like it.
  • 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.
  • 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 graphics — the use of a computer to produce and manipulate pictorial images on a video screen, as in animation techniques or the production of audiovisual aids
  • 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
  • consequent stream — a stream the course of which was determined by the original slope of the land.
  • 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
  • consumer advocate — consumerist (def 1).
  • consumer research — business: investigation of behaviors
  • consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
  • consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
  • consumer-advocate — Also called consumer advocate. a person who is dedicated to protecting and promoting the welfare and rights of consumers.
  • contemplativeness — The state or quality of being contemplative.
  • contemporaneously — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
  • contraflow system — a system of traffic lanes whose normal direction is reversed to allow traffic to move during repairs or an accident
  • cook island māori — a dialect of Māori spoken in the Cook Islands
  • 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
  • corpus cavernosum — either of two masses of erectile tissue in the penis of mammals
  • cream one's jeans — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
  • creature comforts — Creature comforts are the things that you need to feel comfortable in a place, for example good food and modern equipment.
  • criminally insane — habitually criminal because of a psychological illness
  • 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.
  • customs brokerage — the work of a customs broker
  • customs clearance — the permission to take goods into or out of a country once customs requirements have been satisfied
  • cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
  • d&o insurance — D&O insurance is a personal liability insurance that provides cover to the directors and senior executives of a company.
  • damon and pythias — two friends noted for their mutual loyalty. Damon offered himself as a hostage for Pythias, who was to be executed for treason by Dionysius of Syracuse. When Pythias returned to save his friend's life, he was pardoned
  • damp-proof course — A damp-proof course is the same as a damp course.
  • data transmission — the act of sending data electronically over a communications network
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