15-letter words containing m, o, t, r
- camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
- carpometacarpal — Anatomy. of or relating to the carpus and the metacarpus.
- carpometacarpus — a bone in the wing of a bird that consists of the metacarpal bones and some of the carpal bones fused together
- cassette memory — a removable magnetic tape cartridge that stores data and programs.
- castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
- casters-up mode — [IBM, probably from slang belly up] Yet another synonym for "broken" or "down". Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is "down" may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is "casters up" is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for fixing it).
- castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
- catchment board — a public body concerned with the conservation and organization of water supply from a catchment area
- centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point
- chamber concert — a concert of chamber music
- chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
- chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
- chemoattractant — a chemical substance that provokes chemotaxis, esp one that causes a bacterium to move in the direction in which its concentration is increasing
- chemoautotrophs — Plural form of chemoautotroph.
- chemoautotrophy — the process of deriving energy through oxidizing inorganic chemical compounds, as opposed to photosynthesis
- chemolithotroph — Chemoautotroph.
- chemoprevention — the prevention of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents
- chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- christmas carol — a joyful hymn or religious song, celebrating the birth of Christ
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- chromatographer — A person skilled in chromatography or who operates a chromatograph.
- chromatographic — (analytical chemistry) Of or pertaining to chromatography.
- chromic acetate — a grayish-green, water-soluble powder, Cr(C 2 H 3 O 2) 3 ⋅H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles.
- chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
- cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
- cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
- cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
- cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
- circumlocutions — Plural form of circumlocution.
- circumlocutious — Circumlocutional.
- circumnavigator — A person who circumnavigates; that is, sails around the world.
- circumscription — the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
- circumvallation — surrounded by or as if by a rampart.
- circumvolutions — Plural form of circumvolution.
- climate control — air conditioning in a building or vehicle
- climb indicator — an instrument that shows the rate of ascent or descent of an aircraft, operating on a differential pressure principle.
- codetermination — joint participation of management and employees or employees' trade union representatives in some decisions
- coleman lantern — a gasoline lantern that gives a bright light, used by campers
- collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
- collective mark — a trademark or service mark used by the members of a cooperative, a union, or other collective association to identify themselves as members.
- combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
- combat trousers — Combat trousers are large, loose trousers with lots of pockets.
- combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
- comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
- comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- comfortably off — If someone is comfortably off, they have enough money to be able to live without financial problems.
- comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing