9-letter words containing a, c, l, m
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- calembour — a pun
- calimanco — calamanco.
- calimocho — a cocktail popular in Spanish-speaking countries, consisting of a mixture of cola and red wine
- call time — to suspend play temporarily
- calligram — a poem in which words are positioned so as to create a visual image of the subject on the page
- calm down — If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited.
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calmingly — in a calming manner
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- calvinism — the theological system of John Calvin and his followers, characterized by emphasis on the doctrines of predestination, the irresistibility of grace, and justification by faith
- cam plant — any plant that undergoes a form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
- cam wheel — a wheel, with an off-center axis or irregular shape, that functions as a cam.
- camarilla — a group of confidential advisers, esp formerly, to the Spanish kings; cabal
- camarillo — a city in SW California.
- camel toe — the visual effect created when a woman's trousers cling too tightly to the crotch, emphasizing the shape of the pudenda
- camel-toe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camelback — a locomotive having its cab situated astride the boiler, halfway along it, rather than at the rear of the boiler
- camelcase — the convention of writing compound words or phrases with no spaces and an initial lowercase or uppercase letter, with each remaining word element beginning with an uppercase letter: iPod and WikiAnswers are both spelled in camel case.
- cameleers — Plural form of cameleer.
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- camellias — Plural form of camellia.
- camellike — resembling a camel
- camisoles — Plural form of camisole.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- campagnol — (archaic) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis) that often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
- campanula — any N temperate plant of the campanulaceous genus Campanula, typically having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
- campstool — a lightweight folding stool
- candlemas — Feb 2, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Christ in the Temple: the day on which the church candles are blessed. In Scotland it is one of the four quarter days
- candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
- capitulum — a racemose inflorescence in the form of a disc of sessile flowers, the youngest at the centre. It occurs in the daisy and related plants
- car alarm — A car alarm is a device in a car which makes a loud noise if anyone tries to break into the vehicle.
- carambola — a tree, Averrhoa carambola, probably native to Brazil but cultivated in the tropics, esp SE Asia, for its edible fruit
- carambole — to make a carom
- carmelite — a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; White Friar
- carmelize — (US) Alternative form of caramelize.
- carnalism — the quality or state of being sensual
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- cartelism — the practice of forming cartels
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- casualism — the doctrine that the existence and occurrence of everything is controlled by chance
- cataclasm — a breaking down or disruption
- cataclysm — A cataclysm is an event that causes great change or harm.
- cataplasm — a poultice, often medicated
- cattleman — A cattleman is a man who looks after or owns cattle, especially in North America or Australia.
- cattlemen — Plural form of cattleman.