15-letter words containing o, c, t, m, e
- countermandable — able to be countermanded
- countermarching — Present participle of countermarch.
- countermeasures — Plural form of countermeasure.
- countermovement — the act, process, or result of moving.
- counterreformer — a reformer who acts in opposition to another reform
- counting number — natural number
- cream of tartar — Cream of tartar is a white powder used in baking.
- credit mobilier — a joint-stock company organized in 1863 and reorganized in 1867 to build the Union Pacific Railroad. It was involved in a scandal in 1872 in which high government officials were accused of accepting bribes.
- critical volume — the volume occupied by one mole or unit mass of a substance in its critical state
- culture complex — a group of culture traits all interrelated and dominated by one essential trait: Nationalism is a culture complex.
- curia rhaetorum — a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)
- customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- customs officer — a person employed by a customs service
- customs service — The Customs Service is a United States federal organization which is responsible for collecting taxes on imported and exported goods. Compare Customs and Excise.
- cuticle remover — a substance used to remove the cuticle from around the base of one's nails
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- cytophotometers — Plural form of cytophotometer.
- cytophotometric — of or relating to cytophotometry
- decommunization — the act or process of decommunizing
- decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
- decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
- decontaminating — Present participle of decontaminate.
- decontamination — to make (an object or area) safe for unprotected personnel by removing, neutralizing, or destroying any harmful substance, as radioactive material or poisonous gas.
- delmonico steak — club steak
- demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
- democratisation — Alternative spelling of democratization.
- democratization — The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
- demythification — the act of demythifying
- dendrochemistry — (chemistry) the science, related to dendrochronology, that uses the analysis of trace minerals in tree rings to study air pollution in past times.
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- deuteronomistic — one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.
- dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
- dichotomous key — a key used to identify a plant or animal in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified
- dichotomousness — the quality of being dichotomous
- diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
- diffractometric — Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer.
- discombobulated — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discombobulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discombobulate.
- disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
- document reader — a device that reads and inputs into a computer marks and characters on a special form, as by optical or magnetic character recognition
- documentational — the use of documentary evidence.
- domestic animal — an animal, as the horse or cat, that has been tamed and kept by humans as a work animal, food source, or pet, especially a member of those species that have, through selective breeding, become notably different from their wild ancestors.
- domestic system — a manufacturing system whereby workers make products in their own homes with materials supplied by entrepreneurs.
- durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies