15-letter words containing r, a, c, e, m, s
- countermeasures — Plural form of countermeasure.
- crash programme — a short intensive programme to learn a skill, language, etc
- creme de cassis — a sweet, purplish-red liqueur flavored with black currants
- creme de fraise — a liqueur flavored principally with strawberries.
- crimson rosella — an Australian parrot, Platycercus elegans, often kept as a cage bird
- cross assembler — an assembler that runs on a computer other than the one for which it assembles programs
- cross-assembler — An assembler which runs on one type of processor and produces machine code for another. There is a set of 6502, 68xx and Zilog Z80 and 8085 cross-assemblers in C by <[email protected]> and Alan R. Baldwin. They run under MS-DOS and could be compiled to run under Unix and on the Amiga and Atari ST. See also fas.
- cucumber mosaic — a viral disease of cucumbers and many other plants, characterized by a mosaic pattern and distortion of leaves and fruits.
- customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cut the mustard — to come up to expectations
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- decriminalising — Present participle of decriminalise.
- democratisation — Alternative spelling of democratization.
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- disentrancement — the act of setting free from a trance
- disjecta membra — scattered fragments, esp parts taken from a writing or writings
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- echocardiograms — Plural form of echocardiogram.
- eclaircissement — clarification; explanation.
- economy measure — any method of reducing expenditure and hence saving money
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- electromyograms — Plural form of electromyogram.
- enfranchisement — The act of enfranchising.
- eric s. raymond — (person) One of the authors of the Hacker's Jargon File. Eric was involved in the JOLT project and GNU Emacs as well as maintaining several FAQ lists. He is a keen advocate of open source. E-mail: <[email protected]>
- ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
- ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
- fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
- hard-shell clam — quahog.
- harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
- hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
- hemochromatosis — a rare metabolic disorder characterized by a bronzed skin, cirrhosis, and severe diabetes, caused by the deposit in tissue, especially of the liver and pancreas, of hemosiderin and other pigments containing iron.
- hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
- horned screamer — a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.
- human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- imperfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.
- imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
- improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- incrementalists — Plural form of incrementalist.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.