13-letter words containing m, o, i, r
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
- categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
- cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- ceramic oxide — a compound of oxygen with nonorganic material: recently discovered to act as a high-temperature superconductor
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
- changing room — A changing room is a room where you can change your clothes and usually have a shower, for example at a sports centre.
- chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
- chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
- chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
- chloroforming — Present participle of chloroform.
- chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
- chrisom child — a baptized child that dies in its first month.
- christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
- chromatically — In a chromatic manner.
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
- chromatolytic — relating to chromatolysis
- chromatophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
- chromhidrosis — the secretion of pigmented sweat.
- chromic oxide — a bright-green crystalline powder, Cr 2 O 3 , insoluble in water: used in metallurgy and as the pigment chrome green.
- chromoprotein — any of a group of conjugated proteins, such as haemoglobin, in which the protein is joined to a coloured compound, such as a metal-containing porphyrin
- chromospheric — Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
- churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
- ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
- cinema goers' — filmgoer.
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- cinnamon bear — a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear
- cinnamon fern — a large, New World fern (Osmunda cinnamomea, family Osmundaceae) having sterile green fronds and other fronds that bear spores and turn a cinnamon color as the spores mature
- circumcisions — Plural form of circumcision.
- circumduction — the action of turning anything on its axis
- circumductory — relating to circumduction
- circumflexion — The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
- circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.
- circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.