15-letter words containing m, i, c, r
- anti-radicalism — the holding or following of radical or extreme views or principles.
- antiarrhythmics — Plural form of antiarrhythmic.
- anticlericalism — opposed to the influence and activities of the clergy or the church in secular or public affairs.
- antihemorrhagic — That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
- antimonarchical — opposed to the monarchy
- antiromanticism — the opposition to romanticism
- apical meristem — meristem at the apex of a root or shoot.
- arabic numerals — the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the 0 (zero) that originated in India; Hindu-Arabic numerals
- arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
- arch of triumph — Arc de Triomphe.
- archaebacterium — Any primitive bacteria-like organism in the kingdom Archaea.
- arithmetic mean — an average value of a set of integers, terms, or quantities, expressed as their sum divided by their number
- armenian church — the national Church of Armenia, founded in the early fourth century ad, the dogmas and liturgy of which are similar to those of the Orthodox Church
- armour-piercing — capable of penetrating armour plate
- arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
- army air forces — a unit comprising almost all aviation, with its personnel, equipment, etc.: it became part of the Air Force on July 26, 1947.
- astrodynamicist — a person who studies astrodynamics
- asymmetric bars — a pair of wooden or fibreglass bars placed parallel to each other but set at different heights, for various exercises
- asymmetric time — musical time consisting of an odd number of beats in each bar divided into uneven combinations, such as 3 + 2, 4 + 3, 2 + 3 + 2, etc
- atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- automatic drive — an automotive transmission requiring either very little or no manual shifting of gears.
- automatic rifle — a type of light machine gun capable of firing automatically or in single shots.
- automorphically — in an automorphic manner
- autorhythmicity — The quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.
- badminton court — the court on which games of badminton are played
- baggage reclaim — the process of passengers' getting back the baggage that they have checked in for a flight
- barium chloride — a poisonous compound, BaCl2, consisting of flat white crystals that are soluble in water: it is used to treat water, metals, leather, etc.
- barium chromate — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
- bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
- bear animalcule — tardigrade (def 3).
- bear comparison — to be sufficiently similar in class or range to be compared with (something else), esp favourably
- biogeochemistry — the science of biological, chemical, and geological aspects of the environment
- bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
- british america — British North America.
- british telecom — the popular name for British Telecommunications Group plc, the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband internet provider in the United Kingdom
- bromoil process — a process for making an offset reproduction by first making a photographic print on paper with a silver bromide emulsion, wetting it, and then using it as a lithographic plate, the lighter parts of the emulsion tending to repel the oil base of the ink and the darker parts tending to hold it.
- buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
- cactus geranium — a plant, Pelargonium echinatum, of the geranium family, native to southern Africa, having prickly stipules and white or reddish flowers.
- cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
- cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
- calcium blocker — any of a group of drugs that prevent the influx of calcium into excitable tissues such as smooth muscle of the heart or arterioles, used in the treatment of angina, hypertension, and certain arrhythmias.
- calcium carbide — a grey salt of calcium used in the production of acetylene (by its reaction with water) and calcium cyanamide. Formula: CaC2
- calcium citrate — the calcium salt of citric acid, used as a food additive
- calcium nitrate — a white, deliquescent solid, Ca(NO 3) 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, fireworks, matches, and explosives.
- california mink — cacomistle.
- call for margin — a demand made by a stockbroker for partial payment of a client's debt due to decreasing value of the collateral
- camelot library — (library)
- campaign ribbon — a distinctively colored ribbon, either on a small, narrow bar or in the form of a strip, representing a military campaign participated in by the wearer.
- campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
- camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant