14-letter words containing m, i, t, r
- circumgalactic — (astronomy) Surrounding a galaxy.
- circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
- circumgyratory — characterized by circumgyration
- circumlittoral — adjoining the shore
- circumlocution — A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct.
- circumlocutory — a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
- circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
- circumnutation — the irregular spiral or elliptical rotation of the apex of a growing stem, root, or shoot, caused by differences in the rate of growth of the opposite sides
- circumnutatory — relating to circumnutation
- circumposition — the act of circumposing
- circumrotation — Rotation or revolution around an axis.
- circumrotatory — Turning, rolling, or whirling round.
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- circumspective — given to or marked by circumspection; watchful; cautious: His behavior was circumspective.
- circumstancing — Present participle of circumstance.
- circumstantial — Circumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it.
- circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
- circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
- circumvolution — the act of turning, winding, or folding around a central axis
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- clitoridectomy — the surgical removal of the clitoris: a form of female circumcision, esp practised as a religious or ethnic rite
- co-trimoxazole — an antibiotic consisting of a mixture of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (a sulfa drug): used esp to treat infections of the urinary tract and lungs (as in AIDS)
- 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.
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- comfortability — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
- commercial art — graphic art for commercial uses such as advertising, packaging, etc
- commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
- commissurotomy — the incision of a band of commissures, especially of mitral fibers, to correct mitral stenosis.
- communitarians — Plural form of communitarian.
- 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
- community care — help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions
- companion star — companion1 (def 6).
- complementizer — a word or morpheme that serves to introduce a complement clause or a reduced form of such a clause, as that in I wish that he would leave
- complexometric — as in complexometric indicator, an ionochromic dye that undergoes a definite colour change in presence of specific metal ions
- compromisation — The act of compromising.
- computer crime — crime perpetrated on or requiring the use of computers
- computer virus — virus
- computer-aided — done or improved by computer
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- computerphobic — a computerphobe
- concrete mixer — a device used for mixing cement, sand, gravel, or other substances to make concrete; it has a rotating drum in which the concrete is mixed
- concrete music — music consisting of an electronically modified montage of tape-recorded sounds