14-letter words containing t, r, i, m, e
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- caramelization — the conversion of sugar into caramel, caused by heating
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
- catcher's mitt — the glove worn by the catcher to protect the hands
- celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
- censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
- centenarianism — the situation or condition of being a centenarian
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
- ceremonial tea — a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
- certified mail — If you send a letter or package by certified mail, you send it using a mail service which gives you an official record of the fact that it has been mailed and delivered.
- certified milk — milk that is processed according to the sanitation standards in the area in which it is sold
- chemical toner — toner (def 4).
- chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
- chemoreception — the response of a chemoreceptor to chemical stimuli
- chemoreceptive — responsive to chemical stimuli
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chemosterilize — to sterilize (insects or other animals) with a chemosterilant.
- chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
- chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
- child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- chrestomathies — Plural form of chrestomathy.
- christian name — Some people refer to their first names as their Christian names.
- christmas cake — A Christmas cake is a special cake that is eaten at Christmas in Britain and some other countries.
- christmas fern — an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock.
- christmas rose — an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger, of S Europe and W Asia, with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowers
- christmas seal — a decorative stamp sold by some charitable organizations during the Christmas season to raise money.
- christmas time — the period around Christmas
- christmas tree — A Christmas tree is a fir tree, or an artificial tree that looks like a fir tree, which people put in their houses at Christmas and decorate with coloured lights and ornaments.
- christmasberry — toyon.
- chromium steel — a very hard alloy steel containing chromium
- chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
- chronometrical — a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- circumagitated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumagitate.
- circumambulate — to walk around (something)
- circumferentor — an instrument that measures the circumference of a tyre
- circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- circumspective — given to or marked by circumspection; watchful; cautious: His behavior was circumspective.
- circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
- circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
- clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- clitoridectomy — the surgical removal of the clitoris: a form of female circumcision, esp practised as a religious or ethnic rite
- co-trimoxazole — an antibiotic consisting of a mixture of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (a sulfa drug): used esp to treat infections of the urinary tract and lungs (as in AIDS)