13-letter words containing p, a, l, m, c
- compas pascal — The predecessor of Turbo Pascal, sol by POLY Data of Denmark. It was later renamed POLY Pascal, and afterward sold to Borland.
- compass plane — a plane for smoothing curved surfaces.
- compass plant — a tall plant, Silphium laciniatum, of central North America, that has yellow flowers and lower leaves that tend to align themselves at right angles to the strongest light, esp in a north-south plane: family Asteraceae (composites)
- compatability — Misspelling of compatibility.
- compatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatibilist — (philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatibility — compatible
- complacencies — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- complainingly — In a complaining manner; peevishly.
- complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
- complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
- complex plane — a plane the points of which are complex numbers.
- complicatedly — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complications — Plural form of complication.
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- compositional — Compositional refers to the way composers and artists use their skills or techniques in their work.
- compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
- compressional — relating to compression
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- comprovincial — belonging to the same province
- computability — (computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
- computational — Computational means using computers.
- concept album — an album that has a unifying theme or that tells a single story
- conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
- contemplating — to think studiously; meditate; consider deliberately.
- contemplation — thoughtful or long consideration or observation
- contemplatist — a contemplator
- contemplative — Someone who is contemplative thinks deeply, or is thinking in a serious and calm way.
- contemplators — Plural form of contemplator.
- copy the mail — letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
- cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
- cosmopolitans — Plural form of cosmopolitan.
- cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
- cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- decimal place — the position of a digit after the decimal point, each successive position to the right having a denominator of an increased power of ten
- decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encephalotomy — The dissection of the brain.
- encompassable — Capable of being encompassed.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- epistemically — In a manner that pertains to knowledge.
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- fait accompli — an accomplished fact; a thing already done: The enemy's defeat was a fait accompli long before the formal surrender.
- fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.