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14-letter words containing s, m

  • compressed air — air at a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure: used esp as a source of power for machines
  • compromisation — The act of compromising.
  • compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
  • compulsiveness — compelling; compulsory.
  • compusult ltd. — A computer consulting firm (in Newfoundland, Canada?) that provides a public access Unix.
  • compute server — (computer, parallel)   A kind of parallel processor where the parallel processors have no I/O except via a bus or other connection to a front-end processor which handles all I/O to disks, terminals and network. In some antiquated IBM mainframes, a second CPU was provided that could not access I/O devices, known as the slave or attached processor, while the CPU having access to all devices was known as the master processor.
  • computer virus — virus
  • concertmasters — Plural form of concertmaster.
  • concrete music — music consisting of an electronically modified montage of tape-recorded sounds
  • condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
  • congressmember — a member of a congress, especially of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • conservativism — Alternative form of conservatism.
  • constructivism — a movement in abstract art evolved in Russia after World War I, primarily by Naum Gabo, which explored the use of movement and machine-age materials in sculpture and had considerable influence on modern art and architecture
  • consumer goods — Consumer goods are items bought by people for their own use, rather than by businesses. Compare capital goods.
  • consumer group — an organization that campaigns for the rights of consumers
  • contaminations — Plural form of contamination.
  • contemplations — Plural form of contemplation.
  • contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
  • 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.
  • contemporising — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
  • contemptuously — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
  • conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
  • continentalism — an attitude, expression, etc., characteristic of a continent, especially of Europe.
  • contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
  • control system — a system that senses, switches, or regulates another system
  • contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
  • contumeliously — insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
  • cookie monster — (recreation)   (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward. See also wabbit.
  • cooling system — a system which cools something such as a building or engine
  • coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
  • cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
  • corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
  • cosmeceuticals — Plural form of cosmeceutical.
  • cosmetological — the art or profession of applying cosmetics.
  • cosmetologists — Plural form of cosmetologist.
  • cosmochemistry — the study of the chemical composition of the celestial bodies
  • cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • cosmologically — In a cosmological way.
  • cosmopolitical — relating to all polities
  • costume change — a change of costume by an actor
  • cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
  • countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
  • countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
  • court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
  • creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
  • creme d'ananas — a liqueur flavored with pineapple.
  • crenshaw melon — a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
  • criminalistics — the scientific study of criminal evidence
  • criminologists — Plural form of criminologist.
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