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15-letter words containing r, e, c, u, m

  • counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
  • countermandable — able to be countermanded
  • countermarching — Present participle of countermarch.
  • countermeasures — Plural form of countermeasure.
  • countermovement — the act, process, or result of moving.
  • counterreformer — a reformer who acts in opposition to another reform
  • counting number — natural number
  • 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
  • cry blue murder — to make an outcry
  • cucumber beetle — any leaf beetle of the genus Diabrotica and related genera that feeds on cucumbers and other plants of the gourd family and is a vector of cucurbit wilt.
  • cucumber mosaic — a viral disease of cucumbers and many other plants, characterized by a mosaic pattern and distortion of leaves and fruits.
  • cuisine minceur — a style of cooking, originating in France, that limits the use of starch, sugar, butter, and cream traditionally used in French cookery
  • culture complex — a group of culture traits all interrelated and dominated by one essential trait: Nationalism is a culture complex.
  • culture jamming — a form of political and social activism which, by means of fake adverts, hoax news stories, pastiches of company logos and product labels, computer hacking, etc, draws attention to and at the same time subverts the power of the media, governments, and large corporations to control and distort the information that they give to the public in order to promote consumerism, militarism, etc
  • curia rhaetorum — a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)
  • currency market — a market in which banks and traders purchase and sell foreign currencies
  • current limiter — a device, as a resistor or fuse, that limits the flow of current to a prescribed amount, independent of the voltage applied.
  • 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.
  • cut the mustard — to come up to expectations
  • 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
  • deuteronomistic — one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.
  • discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
  • 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.
  • economy measure — any method of reducing expenditure and hence saving money
  • eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
  • enterobacterium — (microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
  • eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
  • excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
  • excrementitious — Of or pertaining to the nature of excrement.
  • extreme unction — Catholicism: last rites
  • fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
  • french mulberry — a shrub, Callicarpa americana, of the verbena family, of the south-central U.S. and the West Indies, having violet-colored fruit and bluish flowers.
  • french vermouth — a dry aromatic white wine
  • full-cream milk — whole unskimmed milk
  • gnome computers — (company)   A small UK hardware and software company. They make transputer boards for the Acorn Archimedes among other things. E-mail: Chris Stenton <[email protected]>.
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
  • horned cucumber — a tropical African plant, Cucumis metuliferus, having fruit with spiky, orange skin and jellylike pulp that tastes like cucumbers.
  • human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
  • humpback bridge — arched bridge
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
  • immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
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