15-letter words containing u, n, m, e, t
- combustion tube — a tube of heat-resistant glass, silica, or ceramic, in which a substance can be reduced, as in a combustion furnace
- come out on top — If a person, organization, or country comes out on top, they are more successful than the others that they have been competing with.
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- common multiple — an integer or polynomial that is a multiple of each integer or polynomial in a group
- communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
- communion table — (in a Christian church) the table at which people take communion
- community chest — a fund raised by voluntary contribution for local welfare activities
- compound magnet — a magnet consisting of two or more separate magnets placed together with like poles pointing in the same direction.
- compton-burnett — Dame Ivy. 1884–1969, English novelist. Her novels include Men and Wives (1931) and Mother and Son (1955)
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- computer screen — the working area on the monitor of a computer
- computer vision — a robot analogue of human vision in which information about the environment is received by one or more video cameras and processed by computer: used in navigation by robots, in the control of automated production lines, etc.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- computerization — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- concrete number — a number referring to a particular object or objects, as in three dogs, ten men
- conductiometric — conductometric
- consumer credit — Consumer credit is money that is lent to people by organizations such as banks, building societies, and shops so that they can buy things.
- consumer market — the market of consumers for a particular good or service
- consumer strike — a boycott of a product by consumers, often in protest over a raise in its price.
- contemporaneous — If two events or situations are contemporaneous, they happen or exist during the same period of time.
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- conventual mass — the Mass celebrated daily in a convent church for all members of the conventual community.
- corynebacterium — any of various bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, including various animal and plant pathogens and animal parasites
- counter-measure — A counter-measure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- counterargument — A counterargument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
- countercampaign — a campaign responding to another campaign
- countercharming — Present participle of countercharm.
- counterclaimant — a claim made to offset another claim, especially one made by the defendant in a legal action.
- counterclaiming — Present participle of counterclaim.
- 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
- 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
- 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-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- day of judgment — Judgment Day
- decommunization — the act or process of decommunizing
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demutualization — Demutualization is a situation in which a mutually owned company such as an insurance company changes into a public company that issues stock.
- deputy minister — (in Canada) the senior civil servant in a government department
- deuteranomalous — having deuteranomaly; relating to deuteranomaly
- deuteronomistic — one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.
- dichotomousness — the quality of being dichotomous
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.