14-letter words containing y, a, m
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- christmasberry — toyon.
- chromatography — the technique of separating and analysing the components of a mixture of liquids or gases by selective adsorption in, for example, a column of powder (column chromatography) or on a strip of paper (paper chromatography)
- chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
- chrysanthemums — Plural form of chrysanthemum.
- ciliary muscle — the smooth muscle in the ciliary body, the action of which affects the accommodation of the eye.
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
- circumgyratory — characterized by circumgyration
- circumnutatory — relating to circumnutation
- circumrotatory — Turning, rolling, or whirling round.
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- 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
- closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
- come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
- come one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- comfortability — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
- commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
- community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
- community care — help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions
- compactibility — capable of being compacted: compactible rubbish.
- company doctor — a businessperson or accountant who specializes in turning ailing companies into profitable enterprises
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compostability — The quality of being compostable.
- compound ovary — an ovary composed of more than one carpel.
- confirmability — the quality of being confirmable
- conformability — Conformableness.
- contemporarily — 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.
- contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
- cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
- cosmologically — In a cosmological way.
- countably many — countable
- coxcombicality — the quality of being coxcombical
- cross my heart — You can say 'cross my heart' when you want someone to believe that you are telling the truth. You can also ask 'cross your heart?', when you are asking someone if they are really telling the truth.
- cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
- crystal system — any of six, or sometimes seven, classifications of crystals depending on their symmetry. The classes are cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. Sometimes an additional system, trigonal, is distinguished, although this is usually included in the hexagonal system
- crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cyanocobalamin — a complex red crystalline compound, containing cyanide and cobalt and occurring in liver: lack of it in the tissues leads to pernicious anaemia. Formula: C63H88O14N14PCo
- cyberdemocracy — Democracy as facilitated by the Internet or cyberspace.
- cyclostomatous — having a circular mouth.
- deadly embrace — deadlock
- debt repayment — the action of repaying debts, or a single payment made to wards paying off a debt
- decimal system — the number system in general use, having a base of ten, in which numbers are expressed by combinations of the ten digits 0 to 9
- democratically — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- demoralizingly — in a demoralizing manner