14-letter words containing o, m, e
- calamata olive — a purplish-black, almond-shaped olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture, often split and cured in brine and packed in vinegar.
- calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
- calumniousness — Calumny.
- camelopardalis — a N constellation between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia; the Giraffe
- camera obscura — a darkened chamber or small building in which images of outside objects are projected onto a flat surface by a convex lens in an aperture
- camouflageable — able to be camouflaged
- camp counselor — activities supervisor
- camp pendleton — a U.S. Marine Corps base in SW California on the Gulf of Santa Catalina.
- campanulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Campanulaceae, a family of temperate and subtropical plants, including the campanulas, having bell-shaped nodding flowers
- campeachy wood — wood from the Central American tree Haematoxylon campechianum
- camphor laurel — an Australian name for the camphor tree, now occurring in the wild in parts of Australia
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- canada hemlock — a hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, of eastern North America, having horizontal branches that often droop to the ground: the state tree of Pennsylvania.
- canonical name — (CNAME) A host's official name as opposed to an alias. The official name is the first hostname listed for its Internet address in the hostname database, /etc/hosts or the Network Information Service (NIS) map hosts.byaddr ("hosts" for short). A host with multiple network interfaces may have more than one Internet address, each with its own canonical name (and zero or more aliases). You can find a host's canonical name using nslookup if you say set querytype=CNAME and then type a hostname.
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- caramelization — the conversion of sugar into caramel, caused by heating
- carpenter moth — any of various large moths of the family Cossidae, the larvae of which bore beneath and cause damage to tree bark
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- case framework — A set of products and conventions that allow CASE tools to be integrated into a coherent environment.
- casement cloth — a sheer fabric made of a variety of fibers, used for window curtains and as backing for heavy drapery or decorative fabrics.
- castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
- celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
- censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
- center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
- central moment — a moment about the center of a distribution, usually the mean.
- centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
- cephalhematoma — Alt form cephalohematoma.
- cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
- ceremonial tea — a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
- champagne cork — a cork used in a champagne bottle
- check-out time — the time by which one has to check out of a hotel
- chemical toner — toner (def 4).
- chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
- chemoautotroph — an organism that obtains energy through chemoautotrophy
- chemoreception — the response of a chemoreceptor to chemical stimuli
- chemoreceptive — responsive to chemical stimuli
- chemoreceptors — Plural form of chemoreceptor.
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chemosterilize — to sterilize (insects or other animals) with a chemosterilant.
- chemosynthesis — the formation of organic material by certain bacteria using energy derived from simple chemical reactions
- chemosynthetic — That utilizes chemosynthesis.
- chemotaxonomic — of or relating to chemotaxonomy
- chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
- chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
- cherry blossom — the blossom of any of various spring-blooming cherries, prized for their beauty
- child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
- chimney corner — a recess that contains a seat in a large open fireplace; inglenook
- china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
- chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
- chlorochromate — (inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion CrClO3-, or any salt containing this anion.