15-letter words containing o, n, c, m
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
- comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
- comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
- comparison-shop — to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise.
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
- compendiousness — The state or quality of being compendious.
- competition car — a car that has been modified to compete in racing
- competitiveness — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complementarily — In a complementary manner.
- complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
- complementation — In linguistics, a complementation pattern of a verb, noun, or adjective is the patterns that typically follow it.
- complementizers — Plural form of complementizer.
- completion date — (in Britain) the date on which the sale of a piece of property is final
- complex-machine — Older Use. an automobile or airplane. a typewriter.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- composing stick — a metal holder of adjustable width in which a compositor sets a line of type at a time by hand; now rarely used
- composite print — a photograph characterized by overlapping or juxtaposed images resulting from a multiple exposure or the combining of negatives (composite print)
- compositionally — in a compositional manner
- compotationship — the state of being a compotator or drinking companion
- compound animal — any animal, such as most hydroids, corals, and bryozoans, composed of a number of individuals produced by budding from a single parent and usually so fused together that no demarcation is clearly distinguishable
- compound engine — a steam engine in which the steam is expanded in more than one stage, first in a high-pressure cylinder and then in one or more low-pressure cylinders
- compound flower — a flower head made up of many small flowers appearing as a single bloom, as in the daisy
- compound magnet — a magnet consisting of two or more separate magnets placed together with like poles pointing in the same direction.
- compound number — a quantity expressed in two or more different but related units
- comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
- comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
- comprehensivize — to make (an educational system) comprehensive
- compton-burnett — Dame Ivy. 1884–1969, English novelist. Her novels include Men and Wives (1931) and Mother and Son (1955)
- computationally — from a computational point of view
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- computer screen — the working area on the monitor of a computer
- computer vision — a robot analogue of human vision in which information about the environment is received by one or more video cameras and processed by computer: used in navigation by robots, in the control of automated production lines, etc.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- computerization — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- comrade in arms — a fellow soldier.
- comrade-in-arms — A comrade-in-arms is someone who has worked for the same cause or purpose as you and has shared the same difficulties and dangers.
- concertmistress — the first violinist in an orchestra
- concrete number — a number referring to a particular object or objects, as in three dogs, ten men
- conductiometric — conductometric
- conference room — A conference room is a large room in a hotel where a number of people can have a conference.
- confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere
- confidence game — A confidence game is the same as a confidence trick.
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.