13-letter words containing m, i, l, c
- copy the mail — letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
- corn marigold — an annual plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, with yellow daisy-like flower heads: a common weed of cultivated land: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cosmeceutical — a cosmetic that has, or is claimed to have, pharmaceutical properties
- cosmetologist — a person skilled or trained in the use of cosmetics and beauty treatments
- cosmochemical — relating to cosmochemistry
- cosmopolitans — Plural form of cosmopolitan.
- cosmopolitics — world politics
- cosmopolitism — The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.
- cosmothetical — cosmothetic
- costimulation — Alternative spelling of co-stimulation.
- costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
- cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
- coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
- coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
- councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- county family — an old family that has lived in a particular county for several generations
- court martial — A court martial is a trial in a military court of a member of the armed forces who is charged with breaking a military law.
- court-martial — a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
- coxcombically — in a coxcombical manner
- crack a smile — to break into a smile
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
- criminalising — Present participle of criminalise.
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- criminalizing — Present participle of criminalize.
- criminologist — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- critical mass — In physics, the critical mass of a substance is the minimum amount of it that is needed for a nuclear chain reaction.
- crown molding — decorative ceiling trim
- cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- cyclamic acid — a white crystalline solid, C 6 H 13 NSO 3 , the salts of which are referred to as cyclamates: used as an acidulant.
- cycloheximide — a toxic antibiotic that inhibits protein synthesis, used as a fungicide in agriculture
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- dactyliomancy — the use of a suspended finger-ring for divination
- decimal place — the position of a digit after the decimal point, each successive position to the right having a denominator of an increased power of ten
- decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- decriminalize — When a criminal offence is decriminalized, the law changes so that it is no longer a criminal offence.
- demagogically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.
- demasculinise — Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
- demasculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- demi-culverin — a culverin having a bore of about 4½ inches (11 cm) and firing a shot of about 10 pounds (5 kg).
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- demonological — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
- diametrically — If you say that two things are diametrically opposed, you are emphasizing that they are completely different from each other.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx