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14-letter words containing p, a, c, e, m, n

  • contemperation — the act of contempering
  • contemperature — the action of mixing together harmoniously or proportionately
  • contemplatable — That can be contemplated.
  • contemplations — Plural form of contemplation.
  • contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
  • contemporanean — contemporary
  • contemporaries — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
  • contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
  • cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
  • counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
  • counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
  • crepe marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
  • crown imperial — a liliaceous garden plant, Fritillaria imperialis, with a cluster of leaves and orange bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
  • cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
  • decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
  • decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
  • decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
  • detention camp — a compound where prisoners are detained temporarily, as pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws.
  • emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
  • enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
  • exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
  • fine champagne — a high-quality cognac distilled from grapes grown in the Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne vineyards of western France.
  • free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
  • generic markup — (text)   In computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, such as paragraphs, headers or footnotes. SGML is an example of such a system. Specific instructions for layout of the text on the page do not appear in the markup.
  • gooseneck lamp — a desk lamp having a flexible shaft or stem.
  • hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • impact printer — (printer)   The earlier, noisier kind of printer where part of the mechanism comes into contact with the paper. The term would only be only used in contrast to "non-impact printer". Examples include line printer, daisy wheel printer, golf ball printer, dot matrix printer, Braille printer.
  • implacableness — The quality of being implacable.
  • incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
  • indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
  • intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
  • kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
  • kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
  • ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
  • lake champlain — a lake in the northeastern US, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains: linked by the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River and by the Richelieu River to the St Lawrence; a major communications route in colonial times
  • landscape mode — a wide exposure suitable for photographing landscapes
  • lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • locker-lampsonFrederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
  • magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
  • magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
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