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17-letter words containing n, u, m, e

  • châlons-sur-marne — city in NE France, on the Marne River: scene of defeat ( a.d. 451) of Attila by the Romans: pop. 50,000
  • chemical equation — a representation of a chemical reaction using symbols of the elements to indicate the amount of substance, usually in moles, of each reactant and product
  • chemiluminescence — the phenomenon in which a chemical reaction leads to the emission of light without incandescence
  • chemoluminescence — (chemistry) The emission of light as the result of a chemical reaction.
  • chest measurement — the circumference of the trunk, measured around the middle of the chest
  • chicken drumstick — a chicken leg, considered as food
  • chromosome number — the number of chromosomes present in each somatic cell, which is constant for any one species of plant or animal. In the reproductive cells this number is halved
  • ciudad del carmen — a city in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche.
  • clumber (spaniel) — a short-legged spaniel with a heavy body and a thick coat of straight, white hair marked with yellow or orange
  • colour supplement — A colour supplement is a colour magazine which is one of the sections of a newspaper, especially at weekends.
  • combustion engine — any of various types of engines driven by energy produced by combustion.
  • communal marriage — group marriage.
  • communicativeness — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • communion service — the Christian ceremony in which people eat bread and drink wine in memory of Christ's death
  • community college — A community college is a local college where students from the surrounding area can take courses in practical or academic subjects.
  • community service — Community service is unpaid work that criminals sometimes do as a punishment instead of being sent to prison.
  • commuter airplane — air taxi.
  • complement clause — a subordinate clause that functions as the subject, direct object, or prepositional object of a verb, as that you like it in I'm surprised that you like it.
  • complex conjugate — the complex number whose imaginary part is the negative of that of a given complex number, the real parts of both numbers being equal
  • complex-conjugate — one of a group of conjugate words.
  • compound fracture — A compound fracture is a fracture in which the broken bone sticks through the skin.
  • compound interest — Compound interest is interest that is calculated both on an original sum of money and on interest which has previously been added to the sum. Compare simple interest.
  • compound interval — an interval that is greater than an octave, as a ninth or a thirteenth.
  • compound pendulum — physical pendulum.
  • compound sentence — a sentence containing at least two coordinate clauses
  • computer confetti — (jargon)   (Or "chad") A common term for punched-card chad, which, however, does not make good confetti, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
  • computer language — programming language
  • computer printout — a document that is printed from a computer file
  • computer terminal — a keyboard and computer monitor connected to a computer
  • concurrent scheme — (language)   A parallel Lisp, for the Mayfly by M. Swanson .
  • consensus gentium — agreement of the people.
  • consequent stream — a stream the course of which was determined by the original slope of the land.
  • consumer advocate — consumerist (def 1).
  • consumer research — business: investigation of behaviors
  • consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
  • consumer spending — the percentage of an economy that is accounted for by what consumers spend
  • consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
  • consumer-advocate — Also called consumer advocate. a person who is dedicated to protecting and promoting the welfare and rights of consumers.
  • contemporaneously — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
  • contempt of court — Contempt of court is the criminal offence of disobeying an instruction from a judge or a court of law.
  • corpus cavernosum — either of two masses of erectile tissue in the penis of mammals
  • counter-complaint — an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; faultfinding: his complaint about poor schools.
  • counter-migration — a migration in the opposite direction.
  • country gentleman — a rich man with an estate in the country
  • crampon technique — a climbing style that uses crampons
  • credit memorandum — a memorandum issued to an account allowing a credit or reducing a debit, especially one posted to a customer's account.
  • cruciate ligament — A cruciate ligament is either of a pair of ligaments that cross at the knee.
  • cumulative voting — a system of voting in which each elector has as many votes as there are candidates in his constituency. Votes may all be cast for one candidate or distributed among several
  • customs clearance — the permission to take goods into or out of a country once customs requirements have been satisfied
  • d&o insurance — D&O insurance is a personal liability insurance that provides cover to the directors and senior executives of a company.
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