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14-letter words containing m, r, a

  • circumrotation — Rotation or revolution around an axis.
  • circumrotatory — Turning, rolling, or whirling round.
  • 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.
  • circus maximus — an amphitheatre in Rome, used in ancient times for chariot races, public games, etc
  • 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.
  • civil marriage — a marriage performed by some official other than a clergyman
  • clamshell door — Often, clamshell doors. a door consisting of two panels that spread open vertically, as those located on the underside of some cargo planes.
  • 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
  • climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
  • closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
  • 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)
  • coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
  • cochairmanship — the position of being one of the two chairmen of an organization
  • columbia river — a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 miles (1955 km) long.
  • coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
  • combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
  • come a cropper — If you say that someone has come a cropper, you mean that they have had an unexpected and embarrassing failure.
  • come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
  • 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.
  • command-driven — pertaining to or denoting a software program whose instructions to perform specified tasks are issued by the user as typed commands in predetermined syntax (contrasted with menu-driven).
  • commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
  • commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
  • commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
  • commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
  • commercial art — graphic art for commercial uses such as advertising, packaging, etc
  • commercial law — business law
  • commercialised — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
  • commercialises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commercialise.
  • commercialized — spoiled by commercial exploitation; degraded
  • commercializer — to emphasize the profitable aspects of, especially at the expense of quality: to commercialize one's artistic talent.
  • commercializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commercialize.
  • commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
  • commissionaire — a uniformed doorman at a hotel, theatre, etc
  • common carrier — a person or firm engaged in the business of transporting goods or passengers
  • common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
  • common measure — the usual stanza form of a ballad, consisting of four iambic lines rhyming a b c b or a b a b
  • common ragweed — a plant, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, of a chiefly North American genus: family Asteraceae (composites). Its green tassel-like flowers produce large amounts of pollen, which causes hay fever
  • communion rail — (in a Christian church) the rail in front of the altar at which people kneel when taking communion
  • 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
  • compact camera — a simple 35 mm snapshot camera not having interchangeable lenses or through-the-lens focusing but sometimes having automatic focusing, exposure, and winding
  • companion star — companion1 (def 6).
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