13-letter words containing m, o, i, r
- circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- circumvolving — Present participle of circumvolve.
- citation form — the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as when cited for purposes of illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech.
- ciudad madero — city in Tamaulipas state, EC Mexico: suburb of Tampico: pop. 160,000
- claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
- climatography — an account of a region's climate
- climbing iron — either of a pair of metal frames with spikes that may be strapped over footgear, on the inside of the leg to aid in climbing trees, public utility poles, etc.
- climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- cochleariform — having a spoon shape
- columelliform — like a columella.
- combinatorial — of or involving combination, esp. mathematical combination
- combinatorics — a branch of mathematics dealing with combinations and permutations
- come to grief — If something comes to grief, it fails. If someone comes to grief, they fail in something they are doing, and may be hurt.
- come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- commemorating — Present participle of commemorate.
- commemoration — the act or an instance of commemorating
- commemorative — A commemorative object or event is intended to make people remember a particular event or person.
- commerce city — a city in central Colorado.
- commercial at — (character) "@". ASCII code 64. Common names: at sign, at, strudel. Rare: each, vortex, whorl, INTERCAL: whirlpool, cyclone, snail, ape, cat, rose, cabbage, amphora. ITU-T: commercial at. The @ sign is used in an electronic mail address to separate the local part from the hostname. This dates back to July 1972 when Ray Tomlinson was designing the first[?] e-mail program. It is ironic that @ has become a trendy mark of Internet awareness since it is a very old symbol, derived from the latin preposition "ad" (at). Giorgio Stabile, a professor of history in Rome, has traced the symbol back to the Italian Renaissance in a Roman mercantile document signed by Francesco Lapi on 1536-05-04. In Dutch it is called "apestaartje" (little ape-tail), in German "affenschwanz" (ape tail). The French name is "arobase". In Spain and Portugal it denotes a weight of about 25 pounds, the weight and the symbol are called "arroba". Italians call it "chiocciola" (snail). See @-party.
- commercialese — business jargon
- commercialise — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- commercialism — Commercialism is the practice of making a lot of money from things without caring about their quality.
- commercialist — the principles, practices, and spirit of commerce.
- commerciality — commercial quality or character; ability to produce a profit: Distributors were concerned about the film's commerciality compared with last year's successful pictures.
- commercialize — If something is commercialized, it is used or changed in such a way that it makes money or profits, often in a way that people disapprove of.
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commiseration — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commiserative — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commissariats — Plural form of commissariat.
- commissionary — Of, relating to, or conferring a commission.
- commissioners — a person commissioned to act officially; member of a commission.
- communautaire — supporting the principles of the European Community (now the European Union)
- communicators — Plural form of communicator.
- communicatory — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- communitarian — a member of a communist community
- commuter line — a railway line that mainly serves commuters
- comorbidities — Plural form of comorbidity.
- comparability — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- comparatively — in a comparative manner
- comparativist — a comparatist
- compartimento — any of the 18 administrative districts into which Italy is divided.
- compatriotism — a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.
- compiler jock — A programmer who specialises in writing compilers.
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- comprehension — Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
- comprehensive — Something that is comprehensive includes everything that is needed or relevant.