15-letter words containing r, e, c, o, m
- countermovement — the act, process, or result of moving.
- counterreformer — a reformer who acts in opposition to another reform
- counting number — natural number
- cranborne money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Lords to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1996
- crash programme — a short intensive programme to learn a skill, language, etc
- cream of tartar — Cream of tartar is a white powder used in baking.
- credit mobilier — a joint-stock company organized in 1863 and reorganized in 1867 to build the Union Pacific Railroad. It was involved in a scandal in 1872 in which high government officials were accused of accepting bribes.
- criminal record — a list of a person's criminal convictions
- crimson rosella — an Australian parrot, Platycercus elegans, often kept as a cage bird
- critical volume — the volume occupied by one mole or unit mass of a substance in its critical state
- croque-monsieur — a sandwich filled with ham and cheese, either dipped in egg batter or buttered on the outside, and toasted or grilled
- 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.
- culture complex — a group of culture traits all interrelated and dominated by one essential trait: Nationalism is a culture complex.
- curia rhaetorum — a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)
- customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- customs officer — a person employed by a customs service
- customs service — The Customs Service is a United States federal organization which is responsible for collecting taxes on imported and exported goods. Compare Customs and Excise.
- cuticle remover — a substance used to remove the cuticle from around the base of one's nails
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- cytophotometers — Plural form of cytophotometer.
- cytophotometric — of or relating to cytophotometry
- degree ceremony — a ceremony at which university degrees are awarded
- democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
- democratisation — Alternative spelling of democratization.
- democratization — The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
- demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- dendrochemistry — (chemistry) the science, related to dendrochronology, that uses the analysis of trace minerals in tree rings to study air pollution in past times.
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- deuteronomistic — one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.
- dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
- diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
- diffractometric — Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer.
- disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
- document reader — a device that reads and inputs into a computer marks and characters on a special form, as by optical or magnetic character recognition
- durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- echocardiograms — Plural form of echocardiogram.
- econometrically — In terms of econometrics.
- economic strike — a strike called in protest over wages, hours, or working conditions.
- economy measure — any method of reducing expenditure and hence saving money
- electra complex — the sexual attachment of a female child to her father
- electro-osmosis — movement of liquid through a capillary tube or membrane under the influence of an electric field: used in controlling rising damp
- electro-osmotic — relating to electro-osmosis
- electrochemical — (chemistry) of, or relating to a chemical reaction brought about by electricity.
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.