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14-letter words containing m, i, d

  • camphoric acid — a whitish crystallizable substance derived from the oxidization of camphor, used in solution in medicine as an antiseptic. Formula: C10H16O4
  • campina grande — a city in NE Brazil, in E Paraíba state. Pop: 366 000 (2005 est)
  • cardiac muscle — a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
  • cardiomyopathy — a disease of the heart muscle usually caused by a biochemical defect or a toxin such as alcohol
  • cayman islands — three coral islands in the Caribbean Sea northwest of Jamaica: a dependency of Jamaica until 1962, now a UK Overseas Territory. Capital: George Town. Pop: 53 737 (2013 est). Area: about 260 sq km (100 sq miles)
  • 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
  • cevitamic acid — ascorbic acid
  • 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.
  • child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
  • 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.
  • chlorpropamide — a sulfonylurea drug that reduces blood glucose and is administered orally in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Formula: C10H13ClN2O3S
  • chondrocranium — the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
  • chondromalacia — degeneration of cartilage in the knee, usually caused by excessive wear between the patella and lower end of the femur.
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • christmas card — Christmas cards are cards with greetings, which people send to their friends and family at Christmas.
  • chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
  • cinnamon sedge — an angler's name for a small caddis fly, Limnephilus lunatus, having pale hind wings, that frequents sluggish water
  • circumagitated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumagitate.
  • circumbendibus — a circumlocution
  • circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
  • clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
  • clitoridectomy — the surgical removal of the clitoris: a form of female circumcision, esp practised as a religious or ethnic rite
  • closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
  • clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
  • colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
  • colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
  • combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
  • come down with — If you come down with an illness, you get it.
  • command-driven — pertaining to or denoting a software program whose instructions to perform specified tasks are issued by the user as typed commands in predetermined syntax (contrasted with menu-driven).
  • commandantship — the office of a commandant
  • commercialised — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
  • commercialized — spoiled by commercial exploitation; degraded
  • commodiousness — The state or quality of being commodious.
  • commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
  • common divisor — a number that is a submultiple of all the numbers of a given set.
  • common soldier — a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
  • community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
  • compass window — a bay window having a semicircular shape
  • compassionated — Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate.
  • comprehendible — comprehensible
  • compressed air — air at a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure: used esp as a source of power for machines
  • computer-aided — done or improved by computer
  • condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
  • conductometric — relating to the measurement of conductivity
  • confidence man — A confidence man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
  • cough medicine — Cough medicine is liquid medicine that you take when you have a cough.
  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
  • coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
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