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16-letter words containing t, a, m

  • compartmentalize — To compartmentalize something means to divide it into separate sections.
  • compartmentation — subdivision of a hull into spaces enclosed by watertight bulkheads and sometimes by watertight decks.
  • compilation film — film from an archive used in a film or documentary to give a feeling of the relevant period
  • complete lattice — A lattice is a partial ordering of a set under a relation where all finite subsets have a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound. A complete lattice also has these for infinite subsets. Every finite lattice is complete. Some authors drop the requirement for greatest lower bounds.
  • complex fraction — a fraction in which the numerator or denominator or both contain fractions
  • complexing agent — an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.: the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex.
  • complexity class — (algorithm)   A collection of algorithms or computable functions with the same complexity.
  • composite family — the large and varied plant family Compositae (or Asteraceae), typified by herbaceous plants having alternate, opposite, or whorled leaves and a whorl of bracts surrounding the flower heads, which are usually composed of a disk containing tiny petalless flowers and a ray of petals extending from the flowers at the rim of the disk, some flower heads being composed only of a disk or a ray and some plants having clusters of flower heads, and including the aster, daisy, dandelion, goldenrod, marigold, ragweed, sunflower, thistle, and zinnia.
  • compositionality — The property of being compositional.
  • compute parallel — (language)   (Compel) The first single-assignment language.
  • computer program — a set of instructions for a computer to perform some task
  • condensed matter — crystalline and amorphous solids and liquids, including liquid crystals, glasses, polymers, and gels
  • confederationism — The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
  • configurationism — Gestalt psychology
  • consequentialism — the doctrine that an action is right or wrong according as its consequences are good or bad
  • consonant system — the consonant phonemes of a language, especially when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group.
  • constant lambert — Constant [kon-stuh nt] /ˈkɒn stənt/ (Show IPA), 1905–51, English composer and conductor.
  • constant mapping — (networking)   A precursor to ARP used by some TCP software in which the destination Ethernet address is constructed from the top 24 bits of the source Ethernet address followed by the low 24 bits of the (class A) destination Internet address. For this scheme the top 24 bits of the Ethernet address must be the same on all hosts on the network.
  • contact magazine — a magazine in which to place adverts to make contacts, esp sexual ones
  • contagious magic — magic that attempts to affect a person through something once connected with him or her, as a shirt once worn by the person or a footprint left in the sand; a branch of sympathetic magic based on the belief that things once in contact are in some way permanently so, however separated physically they may subsequently become.
  • contemporariness — 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.
  • continental army — the Revolutionary War Army, authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775 and led by George Washington.
  • contractarianism — 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 commands — keyed instructions conveyed to a computer by using the control key in conjunction with the standard keys
  • controversialism — The attitude or tendency to engage in controversy.
  • contumaciousness — The property of being contumacious.
  • cooperative farm — a farm that is run in cooperation with others in the purchasing and using of machinery, stock, etc, and in the marketing of produce through its own institutions (farmers' cooperatives)
  • copolymerization — a process resembling polymerization, in which unlike molecules unite in alternate or random sequences in a chain
  • coromandel coast — the SE coast of India, along the Bay of Bengal, extending from Point Calimere to the mouth of the Krishna River
  • counter-argument — A counter-argument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
  • counterarguments — Plural form of counterargument.
  • countermigration — a migration in the opposite direction.
  • counterstatement — a statement made to deny or refute another statement.
  • cramp sb's style — If someone or something cramps your style, their presence or existence restricts your behavior in some way.
  • crash test dummy — a dummy used in crash tests
  • cream of coconut — coconut cream (def 1).
  • cream puff paste — paste made with eggs, water or milk, butter, and flour, used in making éclairs, profiteroles, and other kinds of puffs.
  • cream-of-coconut — Also called cream of coconut. a creamy white liquid skimmed from the top of coconut milk that has been made by soaking grated coconut meat in water, used in East Indian cookery, mixed drinks, etc.
  • creative commons — Sometimes, creative commons. a set of various licenses that allow people to share their copyrighted work to be copied, edited, built upon, etc., while retaining the copyright to the original work (often used attributively): We’re happy for other sites to share these photos under Creative Commons; a creative commons license.
  • creature comfort — anything providing bodily comfort, as food, clothing, or shelter
  • crested screamer — a goose-like aquatic bird, Chauna torquata, of the family Anhimidae of tropical and subtropical South America, having a crest on the back of its head: order Anseriformes (ducks, geese, etc)
  • criminal assault — a punishable offence of attempting to harm another person through physical contact
  • criminal justice — the system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, used for all stages of criminal proceedings and punishment.
  • critical damping — the minimum amount of viscous damping that results in a displaced system returning to its original position without oscillation
  • crosscontaminate — Alternative spelling of cross-contaminate.
  • curriculum vitae — A curriculum vitae is the same as a CV.
  • customary tenant — a tenant occupying a property under the customs of the manor, often a low-status tenant with little security of tenure
  • cyclohexamantane — (chemistry) A certain diamondoid, C26H30.
  • dacryocystectomy — The surgical removal of a part of the lacrimal sac.
  • dark of the moon — the period during which the moon is not visible.
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