14-letter words containing com
- computer-aided — done or improved by computer
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- computerphobic — a computerphobe
- coxcombicality — the quality of being coxcombical
- cross-compiler — a compiler able to create executable code for a platform different from the one the compiler is run on
- cross-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having the high-pressure and low-pressure units side by side.
- cut the comedy — to stop joking
- decommissioned — to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
- decommissioner — a person who decommissions a ship, nuclear reactor, etc
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
- decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
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- dies committee — an early, informal name for the House Un-American Activities Committee.
- disaccommodate — to inconvenience (a person)
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discomfitingly — In a manner that discomfits.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- ectocommensals — Plural form of ectocommensal.
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
- excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- excommunicator — One who excommunicates.
- family compact — any influential clique
- feel compelled — If you feel compelled to do something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do.
- fideicommissum — a request by a decedent that the heir or legatee to the estate convey a specified part of the estate to another person, or permit another person to enjoy such a part.
- food combining — a dietary approach that advocates the eating of specific foods at specific times and restricts which types of foods can be eaten together.
- free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
- have it coming — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hero's welcome — a very enthusiastic reception from a group of people who show their admiration for something good that you have done
- holy communion — communion (def 1).
- honeycomb work — stalactite work.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- ibm compatible — (computer) A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway 2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the market, marginalising IBM.
- immune complex — an aggregate of an antigen and its specific antibody.
- income account — an account maintained for a particular item of revenue or income.
- income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- incomes policy — a government policy to curb inflation that relies on voluntary compliance rather than on mandatory wage, price, or profit controls.
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
- incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
- incommunicably — In an incommunicable manner or fashion.
- incompetencies — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
- incompleteness — not complete; lacking some part.