13-letter words containing a, c, m, e, s
- compassionate — If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
- compensations — Plural form of compensation.
- complacencies — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- compressional — relating to compression
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
- concertmaster — The concertmaster of an orchestra is the most senior violin player, who acts as a deputy to the conductor.
- concomitances — Plural form of concomitance.
- condemnations — Plural form of condemnation.
- conglomerates — anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements.
- congresswoman — A Congresswoman is a female member of the US Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
- contemplatist — a contemplator
- contemplators — Plural form of contemplator.
- contextualism — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- cosmeceutical — a cosmetic that has, or is claimed to have, pharmaceutical properties
- cosmochemical — relating to cosmochemistry
- cosmothetical — cosmothetic
- cost estimate — an estimate of how much something will cost
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- costume drama — any theatrical production, film, television presentation, etc, in which the performers wear the costumes of a former age
- costume party — A costume party or costume ball is a party at which the guests try to look like famous people or people from history, from stories, or from particular professions.
- côtes-d'armor — a department of W France, on the N coast of Brittany. Capital: St Brieuc. Pop: 553 969 (2003 est). Area: 6878 sq km (2656 sq miles)
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- counterstream — a stream (of matter) which travels in the opposite direction
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- crack a smile — to break into a smile
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- cramer's rule — a method involving the determinant of the coefficients, for calculating a unique solution for a given system of linear equations.
- crape jasmine — a shrub, Tabernaemontana divaricata, native to India, having white flowers that are fragrant at night.
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- cross-examine — When a lawyer cross-examines someone during a trial or hearing, he or she questions them about the evidence that they have already given.
- cubic measure — a system of units for the measurement of volumes, based on the cubic inch, the cubic centimetre, etc
- custard cream — a biscuit consisting of two layers with a filling of vanilla-flavoured paste
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- customer care — the work of looking after customers and ensuring their satisfaction with one's business and its goods or services
- customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
- damson cheese — thick damson jam
- danse macabre — dance of death
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- decompensated — Simple past tense and past participle of decompensate.
- decompensates — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- demasculinise — Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
- demasculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).