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14-letter words containing m, c, r

  • carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
  • carpet muncher — lesbian
  • carrara marble — a white or blue-gray marble quarried at Carrara, Italy.
  • case framework — A set of products and conventions that allow CASE tools to be integrated into a coherent environment.
  • castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
  • catcher's mitt — the glove worn by the catcher to protect the hands
  • catchment area — The catchment area of a school, hospital, or other service is the area that it serves.
  • celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
  • censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
  • centenarianism — the situation or condition of being a centenarian
  • center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
  • central moment — a moment about the center of a distribution, usually the mean.
  • centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
  • centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
  • cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
  • ceremonial tea — a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
  • certified mail — If you send a letter or package by certified mail, you send it using a mail service which gives you an official record of the fact that it has been mailed and delivered.
  • certified milk — milk that is processed according to the sanitation standards in the area in which it is sold
  • cervical smear — a smear of cellular material taken from the neck (cervix) of the uterus for detection of cancer
  • champagne cork — a cork used in a champagne bottle
  • charles martel — grandfather of Charlemagne. ?688–741 ad, Frankish ruler of Austrasia (715–41), who checked the Muslim invasion of Europe by defeating the Moors at Poitiers (732)
  • charles sumner — Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
  • charm bracelet — a bracelet that has small ornaments fixed to it
  • charmed circle — If you refer to a group of people as a charmed circle, you mean that they seem to have special power or influence, and do not allow anyone else to join their group.
  • charter member — A charter member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
  • chemical toner — toner (def 4).
  • chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
  • chemoautotroph — an organism that obtains energy through chemoautotrophy
  • chemoreception — the response of a chemoreceptor to chemical stimuli
  • chemoreceptive — responsive to chemical stimuli
  • chemoreceptors — Plural form of chemoreceptor.
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chemosterilize — to sterilize (insects or other animals) with a chemosterilant.
  • chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
  • chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
  • cherry blossom — the blossom of any of various spring-blooming cherries, prized for their beauty
  • child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
  • chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
  • chimney corner — a recess that contains a seat in a large open fireplace; inglenook
  • china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
  • chinese empire — China as ruled by the emperors until the establishment of the republic in 1911–12
  • chisholm trail — cattle trail from San Antonio, Tex., to Abilene, Kans.: important from 1865 until the 1880s
  • chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
  • chlorochromate — (inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion CrClO3-, or any salt containing this anion.
  • chlorpromazine — a drug derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer and sedative, esp in psychotic disorders. Formula: C17H19ClN2S
  • chlorpropamide — a sulfonylurea drug that reduces blood glucose and is administered orally in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Formula: C10H13ClN2O3S
  • cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
  • cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • chondrocranium — the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
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