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17-letter words containing m, c, a

  • 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.
  • disposable income — the part of a person's income remaining after deducting personal income taxes.
  • dna amplification — an increase in the frequency of replication of a DNA segment.
  • doberman pinscher — one of a German breed of medium-sized, short-haired dogs having a black, brown, or blue coat with rusty brown markings.
  • document examiner — (hypertext, tool)   A high-performance hypertext system by Symbolics that provides on-line access to their user documentation.
  • douglas macarthur — Douglas, 1880–1964, U.S. general: supreme commander of allied forces in SW Pacific during World War II and of UN forces in Korea 1950–51.
  • dutch elm disease — a disease of elms characterized by wilting, yellowing, and falling of the leaves and caused by a fungus, Ceratostomella ulmi, transmitted by bark beetles.
  • 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.
  • dynamic insurance — Dynamic insurance is a type of insurance coverage where the policyholder can choose to increase benefits and premiums by a fixed percentage each year to offset the effects of inflation.
  • dynamically typed — dynamic typing
  • dynamics analyzer — (language)   (DYANA) An early language specialised for vibrational and other dynamic physical systems.
  • echoencephalogram — a graphic record produced by an echoencephalograph.
  • economic blockade — an embargo on trade with a country, esp one which prohibits receipt of exports from that country, with the intention of disrupting the country's economy
  • election campaign — efforts to promote party or candidate to voters
  • electrocardiogram — A record or display of a person’s heartbeat produced by electrocardiography.
  • electrochemically — In an electrochemical manner.
  • electromechanical — Of, relating to, or denoting a mechanical device that is electrically operated.
  • electrometallurgy — metallurgy involving the use of electric-arc furnaces, electrolysis, and other electrical operations
  • electromyographic — Using electromyography.
  • electroretinogram — A record of the electrical activity of the retina, used in medical diagnosis and research.
  • elementary school — primary school
  • emergency landing — an occasion when a place is forced to land: for example, because of a mechanical fault, bad weather, terrorism, etc.
  • 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
  • empirical formula — a chemical formula indicating the proportion of each element present in a molecule
  • employment agency — company: finds jobs
  • encephalomyelitic — Relating to encephalomyelitis.
  • encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
  • epidemiologically — With regard to epidemiology.
  • epistemologically — In a manner that pertains to epistemology.
  • ethnopharmacology — The scientific study correlating ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.
  • exclamation point — exclamation mark
  • executive mansion — the White House (in Washington, D.C.), official home of the President of the U.S.
  • exfoliating cream — a granular cosmetic preparation that removes dead cells from the skin's surface
  • facsimile catalog — a catalog that includes small reproductions of the items listed, as paintings, slides, designs, or the like.
  • facsimile machine — a machine which transmits and receives documents in facsimile transmission
  • fair market price — the price of something at which both a seller and a buyer are willing to strike a deal.
  • farmers' alliance — an informal name for various regional political organizations that farmers established in the 1880s and that led to the formation of the Peoples' party in 1891–92.
  • farming community — a community where farming is the main industry
  • fellow countryman — sb of same nationality
  • female chauvinist — a female who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates males in the belief that they are inferior to females and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
  • female-chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
  • fermentation lock — a valve placed on the top of bottles of fermenting wine to allow bubbles to escape
  • ferrimagnetically — In a ferrimagnetic manner.
  • ferroelectric ram — Ferroelectric Random Access Memory
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