12-letter words containing a, c, e, r, m
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- commiserates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commiserate.
- commiserator — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commissaries — Plural form of commissary.
- common zebra — Equus burchelli, the most common type of zebra
- commuter tax — an income tax imposed by a locality on those who work within its boundaries but reside elsewhere.
- comparatives — Plural form of comparative.
- compartments — Plural form of compartment.
- compass rose — a circle or decorative device printed on a map or chart showing the points of the compass measured from true north and usually magnetic north
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
- computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
- concamerated — Simple past tense and past participle of concamerate.
- concremation — the cremation of multiple things or people at the same time, esp suttee
- condemnatory — Condemnatory means expressing strong disapproval.
- confirmative — serving to confirm; corroborative.
- conformative — (nonstandard) Tending to conform; conforming.
- conglomerate — A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.
- conservatism — Conservatism is a political philosophy which believes that if changes need to be made to society, they should be made gradually. You can also refer to the political beliefs of a conservative party in a particular country as Conservatism.
- contemplator — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- content farm — a website that exploits the way search engines retrieve and rank pages by incorporating popular search terms and topics in its content, often with little attention to the originality, appropriateness, or quality of the subject matter, in order to elevate the ranking of its articles in online search results and attract advertisers.
- conterminant — enclosed within a common boundary
- conterminate — conterminous
- coram judice — before a court having the authority to hear and decide (the case in question).
- corn earworm — the larva of the noctuid moth Heliothis armigera, which feeds on maize and many other crop plants
- corporealism — materialism
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- counterwoman — A woman who serves at a counter.
- coxey's army — Jacob Sechler [sech-ler] /ˈsɛtʃ lər/ (Show IPA), 1854–1951, U.S. political reformer: led a group of unemployed marchers (Coxey's army) in 1894 from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to petition Congress for legislation to create jobs and relieve poverty.
- craniometric — the science of measuring skulls, chiefly to determine their characteristic relationship to sex, body type, or genetic population.
- craniotomies — Plural form of craniotomy.
- crape myrtle — an oriental lythraceous shrub, Lagerstroemia indica, cultivated in warm climates for its pink, red, or white flowers
- crash helmet — A crash helmet is a helmet that motorcyclists wear in order to protect their heads if they have an accident.
- crassamentum — a blood clot
- crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- cream cheese — Cream cheese is a very rich, soft white cheese.
- cream sherry — a full-bodied sweet sherry
- cremationist — a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- criminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of criminalize.