11-letter words containing a, c, m
- chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- chickamauga — creek in NW Ga.: site of a Civil War battle (Sept., 1863) in which Confederate forces routed the Union army
- chimichanga — a savoury deep-fried filled tortilla
- chimney cap — a raised cover for the top of a chimney, usually in the form of a slab or cornice.
- chimpanzees — Plural form of chimpanzee.
- chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
- chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
- chittamwood — American smoke tree.
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
- chol hamoed — the middle days of the festivals of Passover and Sukkoth, on which necessary work is permitted
- chomo lhari — a peak on the Bhutan-Tibet border, in the Himalaya Mountains: sacred to Tibetans. 23,997 feet (7314 meters).
- choreodrama — dance drama performed by a group
- chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
- chrismatory — a small receptacle containing the three kinds of consecrated oil used in the sacraments
- christmassy — Something that is Christmassy is typical of or suitable for Christmas.
- christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
- chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
- chromatinic — Of or pertaining to chromatin.
- chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
- chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
- chromograph — (obsolete) chromolithograph.
- chromoplasm — chromatin.
- chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
- chromosomal — Chromosomal means relating to or connected with chromosomes.
- chronograms — Plural form of chronogram.
- chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
- chum salmon — a large salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) with pale flesh, found in the N Pacific
- church army — a voluntary Anglican organization founded in 1882 to assist the parish clergy
- churchwoman — a female practising member of a church
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- cine camera — a camera in which a strip of film moves past the lens, usually to give 16 or 24 exposures per second, thus enabling moving pictures to be taken
- cinemagoers — Plural form of cinemagoer.
- cinemascope — an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses
- cinematical — Of or pertaining to the cinema; cinematic.
- cinematized — Simple past tense and past participle of cinematize.
- circumbasal — surrounding the base.
- circumlunar — around or revolving around the moon
- circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
- circumsolar — surrounding or rotating around the sun
- clackmannan — a town in E central Scotland, in Clackmannanshire. Pop: 3450 (2001)
- clam shells — the shell of a clam.
- clamatorial — of or relating to the American flycatchers (family Tyrannidae)
- clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
- clamorously — full of, marked by, or of the nature of clamor.
- classicisms — Plural form of classicism.
- claw hammer — a hammer with a cleft at one end of the head for extracting nails