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15-letter words containing m, u, t, a, i

  • bioaccumulation — the process in which industrial waste, toxic chemicals, etc. gradually accumulate in living tissue
  • bituminous coal — a soft black coal, rich in volatile hydrocarbons, that burns with a smoky yellow flame. Fixed carbon content: 46–86 per cent; calorific value: 1.93 × 107 – 3.63 × 107 J/kg
  • black guillemot — a common guillemot, Cepphus grylle: its summer plumage is black with white wing patches and its winter plumage white with greyish wings
  • black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
  • bouillotte lamp — a table lamp of the 18th century, having two or three adjustable candle brackets and a common shade sliding on a central shaft.
  • cactus geranium — a plant, Pelargonium echinatum, of the geranium family, native to southern Africa, having prickly stipules and white or reddish flowers.
  • cadmium sulfate — a water-soluble compound, CdSO 4 , of colorless crystals, used as an antiseptic.
  • calcium citrate — the calcium salt of citric acid, used as a food additive
  • calcium lactate — a salt of lactic acid. Formula: Ca(C3H5O3)2·5H2O
  • calcium nitrate — a white, deliquescent solid, Ca(NO 3) 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, fireworks, matches, and explosives.
  • calcium oxalate — a white, crystalline powder, CaC 2 O 4 , insoluble in water, used in making oxalic acid.
  • calcium sulfate — Calcium sulfate is a white crystalline salt, used as a tablet diluent.
  • campaign button — a disk-shaped pin worn by a supporter of a political candidate, usually bearing the name of the candidate and often a slogan or the candidate's picture.
  • capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • cat-o'-mountain — catamountain
  • chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
  • chinese mustard — brown mustard.
  • chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
  • church militant — those Christians on earth who are engaged in a continuous war against evil and the enemies of Christ.
  • circumambiently — in a circumambient manner
  • circumambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumambulate.
  • circumambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumambulate.
  • circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
  • circumnavigated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate.
  • circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
  • circumnavigator — A person who circumnavigates; that is, sails around the world.
  • circumstantials — incidentals; details
  • circumstantiate — to support by giving particulars
  • circumvallating — Present participle of circumvallate.
  • circumvallation — surrounded by or as if by a rampart.
  • city councilman — a member of a city council
  • claims adjuster — A claims adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money a person making a claim should receive.
  • cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
  • coast mountains — a mountain range in Canada, on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Waddington, 4043 m (13 266 ft)
  • coconut matting — a form of coarse matting made from the fibrous husk of the coconut
  • combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
  • come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
  • communicability — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
  • communicational — relating to or characterized by communication
  • communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
  • communion table — (in a Christian church) the table at which people take communion
  • communist china — China, People's Republic of.
  • communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
  • communistically — In a communistic manner.
  • commutative law — a law asserting that the order in which certain logical operations are performed is indifferent.
  • computationally — from a computational point of view
  • computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
  • computer-phobia — a person who distrusts or is intimidated by computers.
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