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17-letter words containing m, c, o, e, r

  • california nutmeg — a tall, pungently aromatic California evergreen tree, Torreya californica, of the yew family, having a fissured, gray-brown bark and small, purple-streaked, green fruit.
  • calomel electrode — a reference electrode consisting of calomel, mercury, and a solution of potassium chloride.
  • camberwell carrot — a large, almost conical, marijuana cigarette
  • camera-ready copy — type matter ready to be photographed for plate-making without further alteration
  • carbon microphone — a microphone in which a diaphragm, vibrated by sound waves, applies a varying pressure to a container packed with carbon granules, altering the resistance of the carbon. A current flowing through the carbon is thus modulated at the frequency of the sound waves
  • carboxyhemoglobin — a compound formed in the blood when carbon monoxide occupies the positions on the hemoglobin molecule normally taken by oxygen, resulting in cellular oxygen starvation
  • cardiac tamponade — tamponade (def 2).
  • cardiac-tamponade — Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
  • carolina moonseed — a twining woody vine, Cocculus carolinus, of the southeastern U.S., having inconspicuous flowers and showy, red fruit.
  • cellular automata — cellular automaton
  • central committee — (in Communist parties) the body responsible for party policy between meetings of the party congress: in practice, it is in charge of day-to-day operations of the party bureaucracy
  • châlons-sur-marne — city in NE France, on the Marne River: scene of defeat ( a.d. 451) of Attila by the Romans: pop. 50,000
  • chamber orchestra — A chamber orchestra is a small orchestra which plays classical music.
  • chartered company — a company formed for the purpose of exploration and colonization
  • chemical property — Chemistry. a property or characteristic of a substance that is observed during a reaction in which the chemical composition or identity of the substance is changed: Combustibility is an important chemical property to consider when choosing building materials.
  • chemical reaction — a process that involves changes in the structure and energy content of atoms, molecules, or ions but not their nuclei
  • chemoradiotherapy — (medicine) A combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy used to treat some cancers.
  • chemotherapeutics — chemotherapy.
  • chest compression — Chest compression is the act of applying pressure to someone's chest in order to help blood flow through the heart in an emergency situation.
  • chinese vermilion — pimento (def 3).
  • chromosome number — the number of chromosomes present in each somatic cell, which is constant for any one species of plant or animal. In the reproductive cells this number is halved
  • cistern barometer — a mercury barometer in which the lower mercury surface has a greater area than the upper.
  • code of hammurabi — a Babylonian legal code of the 18th century b.c. or earlier, instituted by Hammurabi and dealing with criminal and civil matters.
  • codlins-and-cream — an onagraceous plant, Epilobium hirsutum, native to Europe and Asia and introduced into North America, having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves
  • coin of the realm — legal tender.
  • coldstream guards — a guard regiment of the English royal household: formed in Coldstream, Scotland, 1659–60, and instrumental in restoring the English monarchy under Charles II.
  • coliform bacteria — a large group of bacteria inhabiting the intestinal tract of humans and animals that may cause disease and whose presence in water is an indicator of faecal pollution
  • collateral damage — Collateral damage is accidental injury to non-military people or damage to non-military buildings which occurs during a military operation.
  • collective memory — the shared memories of a group, family, race, etc
  • colloid chemistry — the study of colloids.
  • color temperature — a temperature defined in terms of the temperature of a black body at which it emits light of a specified spectral distribution: used to specify the color of a light source.
  • colour supplement — A colour supplement is a colour magazine which is one of the sections of a newspaper, especially at weekends.
  • combine harvester — A combine harvester is a large machine which is used on farms to cut, sort, and clean grain.
  • come to handgrips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
  • come to the party — to take part or become involved
  • 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
  • commercial agency — a concern that investigates for the benefit of its subscribers the financial standing, reputation, and credit rating of individuals, firms, corporations, or others.
  • commercial credit — credit issued by a bank to a business to finance trading or manufacturing operations.
  • commercialisation — Alternative spelling of commercialization.
  • commercialization — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
  • committal hearing — (in British law) a preliminary inquiry by a magistrate to decide if there is enough evidence for a case to go to trial
  • commodity markets — stock markets in which commodities are traded
  • common difference — the positive or negative constant added to each term in an arithmetic progression
  • communal marriage — group marriage.
  • communion service — the Christian ceremony in which people eat bread and drink wine in memory of Christ's death
  • community service — Community service is unpaid work that criminals sometimes do as a punishment instead of being sent to prison.
  • commuter airplane — air taxi.
  • commuter marriage — a marriage in which the partners live some distance apart most of the time, usually because of separate work commitments
  • company commander — the commander of a company of soldiers
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