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17-letter words containing m, y, c

  • come to the party — to take part or become involved
  • comedy of manners — a comedy dealing with the way of life and foibles of a social group
  • comity of nations — the friendly recognition accorded by one nation to the laws and usages of another
  • commercial agency — a concern that investigates for the benefit of its subscribers the financial standing, reputation, and credit rating of individuals, firms, corporations, or others.
  • commodity markets — stock markets in which commodities are traded
  • common of turbary — (in England) the legal right to cut peat for fuel on a common
  • community college — A community college is a local college where students from the surrounding area can take courses in practical or academic subjects.
  • community council — (in Scotland and Wales) an independent voluntary local body set up to attend to local interests and organize community activities
  • community service — Community service is unpaid work that criminals sometimes do as a punishment instead of being sent to prison.
  • community singing — singing, esp of hymns, by a large gathering of people
  • company commander — the commander of a company of soldiers
  • company secretary — A company secretary is a person whose job within a company is to keep the legal affairs, accounts, and administration in order.
  • complementary dna — a form of DNA artificially synthesized from a messenger RNA template and used in genetic engineering to produce gene clones
  • complexity theory — the study of complex systems, including subjects such as chaos theory and genetic algorithms
  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • computer literacy — basic, nontechnical knowledge about computers and how to use them; familiarity and experience with computers, software, and computer systems.
  • computer security — security
  • contemporaneously — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
  • contraflow system — a system of traffic lanes whose normal direction is reversed to allow traffic to move during repairs or an accident
  • coordinate system — a system of coordinates that uses numbers to represent a point, line, or the like.
  • copernican system — the theory published in 1543 by Copernicus which stated that the earth and the planets rotated around the sun and which opposed the Ptolemaic system
  • corday (d'armont) — (Marie Anne) Charlotte1768-93; Fr. Girondist sympathizer: assassin of Marat
  • costume jewellery — Costume jewellery is jewellery made from cheap materials.
  • country gentleman — a rich man with an estate in the country
  • criminally insane — habitually criminal because of a psychological illness
  • cryptoclimatology — See under microclimatology.
  • cyclamen aldehyde — a colorless to light-yellow alcohol-soluble, synthetic liquid, C 13 H 18 O, having a strong floral odor, used chiefly in perfumes, especially those of soap.
  • cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
  • dendroclimatology — The science that uses dendrochronology to reconstruct historical climate conditions.
  • descending rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by the succession of metrical feet each of which is composed of one accented syllable followed by one or more unaccented syllables.
  • despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
  • deterministically — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
  • diaphragmatically — By use of the diaphragm; in a diaphragmatic way.
  • dictionary-making — the work or activity of compiling dictionaries
  • dynamic execution — (processor)   A combination of techniques - multiple branch prediction, data flow analysis and speculative execution. Intel implemented Dynamic Execution in the P6 after analysing the execution of billions of lines of code.
  • dynamic insurance — Dynamic insurance is a type of insurance coverage where the policyholder can choose to increase benefits and premiums by a fixed percentage each year to offset the effects of inflation.
  • dynamically typed — dynamic typing
  • dynamics analyzer — (language)   (DYANA) An early language specialised for vibrational and other dynamic physical systems.
  • electricity meter — a device which measures how much electricity has been used in a property
  • electrochemically — In an electrochemical manner.
  • electrometallurgy — metallurgy involving the use of electric-arc furnaces, electrolysis, and other electrical operations
  • electromyographic — Using electromyography.
  • elementary school — primary school
  • emergency landing — an occasion when a place is forced to land: for example, because of a mechanical fault, bad weather, terrorism, etc.
  • emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
  • emergency service — a department within a bigger organization that deals with emergencies
  • emergency session — an urgent meeting held by parliament, ministers, etc. to discuss what measures should be taken to deal with an emergency
  • employee discount — When the employees of a store or other retail business are entitled to an employee discount, they do not have to pay the full price for goods they buy in the store.
  • employment agency — company: finds jobs
  • employment office — any of a number of government offices established to collect and supply to the unemployed information about job vacancies and to employers information about availability of prospective workers
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