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13-letter words containing o, m, i

  • chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
  • chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
  • chloroforming — Present participle of chloroform.
  • chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
  • chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
  • cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
  • cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
  • chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
  • chrisom child — a baptized child that dies in its first month.
  • christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
  • chromatically — In a chromatic manner.
  • chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
  • chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
  • chromatolytic — relating to chromatolysis
  • chromatophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
  • chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
  • chromhidrosis — the secretion of pigmented sweat.
  • chromic oxide — a bright-green crystalline powder, Cr 2 O 3 , insoluble in water: used in metallurgy and as the pigment chrome green.
  • chromoprotein — any of a group of conjugated proteins, such as haemoglobin, in which the protein is joined to a coloured compound, such as a metal-containing porphyrin
  • chromospheric — Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
  • churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
  • chymification — the process of turning into chyme
  • ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
  • cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
  • cinema goers' — filmgoer.
  • cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
  • cinnamon bear — a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear
  • cinnamon fern — a large, New World fern (Osmunda cinnamomea, family Osmundaceae) having sterile green fronds and other fronds that bear spores and turn a cinnamon color as the spores mature
  • cinnamon teal — a small, freshwater, wild duck, Anas cyanoptera, of North and South America, having chiefly cinnamon-red plumage.
  • circumcisions — Plural form of circumcision.
  • circumduction — the action of turning anything on its axis
  • circumductory — relating to circumduction
  • circumflexion — The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
  • circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.
  • circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
  • circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
  • circumvolving — Present participle of circumvolve.
  • citation form — the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as when cited for purposes of illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech.
  • ciudad madero — city in Tamaulipas state, EC Mexico: suburb of Tampico: pop. 160,000
  • claim to fame — Someone's claim to fame is something quite important or interesting that they have done or that is connected with them.
  • claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
  • cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
  • cleomenes iii — died 219? b.c.; king of Sparta (235?-220? b.c.); sought to institute sweeping social reforms
  • cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
  • climatic zone — any of the eight principal zones, roughly demarcated by lines of latitude, into which the earth can be divided on the basis of climate
  • climatization — to acclimate to a new environment.
  • climatography — an account of a region's climate
  • climatologist — A climatologist is someone who studies climates.
  • climbing iron — either of a pair of metal frames with spikes that may be strapped over footgear, on the inside of the leg to aid in climbing trees, public utility poles, etc.
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
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