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15-letter words containing o, n, m, a

  • button mangrove — a tropical tree, Conocarpus erectus, having small, reddish, conelike fruits and bark used in tanning.
  • cacodaemoniacal — Demonic; evil.
  • cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
  • cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
  • calamine lotion — a soothing lotion containing calamine
  • california mink — cacomistle.
  • call for margin — a demand made by a stockbroker for partial payment of a client's debt due to decreasing value of the collateral
  • camp counsellor — an adult supervisor assigned to a group of campers at a summer camp
  • campaign button — a disk-shaped pin worn by a supporter of a political candidate, usually bearing the name of the candidate and often a slogan or the candidate's picture.
  • campaign ribbon — a distinctively colored ribbon, either on a small, narrow bar or in the form of a strip, representing a military campaign participated in by the wearer.
  • campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
  • canada moonseed — a vine, Menispermum canadense, of eastern North America, having variable leaves and black, grapelike fruit.
  • capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • carbon monoxide — Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that is produced especially by the engines of vehicles.
  • carcinosarcomas — Plural form of carcinosarcoma.
  • cardinal humour — any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition
  • cardiopulmonary — of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs
  • casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
  • castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
  • castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
  • cat-o'-mountain — catamountain
  • catchment board — a public body concerned with the conservation and organization of water supply from a catchment area
  • ceylon cinnamon — the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
  • chamber concert — a concert of chamber music
  • chamber counsel — a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court
  • chanson d'amour — love song.
  • charles simonyi — (person)   Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
  • charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
  • chemoattractant — a chemical substance that provokes chemotaxis, esp one that causes a bacterium to move in the direction in which its concentration is increasing
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
  • chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
  • chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
  • chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
  • chondrosarcomas — Plural form of chondrosarcoma.
  • chopped almonds — almonds cut into small pieces
  • choriocarcinoma — a cancer that occurs during pregnancy in the uterus
  • chromosome band — any of the transverse bands that appear on a chromosome after staining. The banding pattern is unique to each type of chromosome, allowing characterization
  • cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
  • cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
  • cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
  • cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
  • circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
  • circumnavigator — A person who circumnavigates; that is, sails around the world.
  • circumvallation — surrounded by or as if by a rampart.
  • city councilman — a member of a city council
  • clamp down (on) — to become more strict (with)
  • climate control — air conditioning in a building or vehicle
  • climb indicator — an instrument that shows the rate of ascent or descent of an aircraft, operating on a differential pressure principle.
  • coast mountains — a mountain range in Canada, on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Waddington, 4043 m (13 266 ft)
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