11-letter words containing a, c, m
- cephalogram — An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
- ceramicists — Plural form of ceramicist.
- cerebralism — the theory that physical phenomena arise from the action of the brain
- ceremonials — Plural form of ceremonial.
- cga monitor — a type of (early) computer monitor designed to operate with CGA technology
- cgi program — Common Gateway Interface
- chaenomeles — any of a genus of deciduous shrubs within the family Rosaceae, native to East Asia
- chain-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
- chairwarmer — an office holder, committee member, or employee who is inactive and ineffective
- chalazogamy — (of plants) the process of fertilization whereby the pollen tube penetrates the embryosac through the chalaza rather than through the micropyle
- chalcidicum — an annex of an ancient Roman basilica.
- chamaedorea — any of various small, slender palms of the genus Chamaedorea, several species of which are cultivated as houseplants.
- chamaephyte — a plant whose buds are close to the ground
- chamber mug — a chamber pot.
- chamber pop — pop music that incorporates orchestral arrangements
- chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
- chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
- chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
- chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
- chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
- chameleonic — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
- chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
- champerties — Plural form of champerty.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- champignons — Plural form of champignon.
- championess — a female champion
- championing — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- champollion — Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
- changemaker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
- charchemish — an ancient city in S Turkey, on the upper Euphrates: important city in the Mitanni kingdom; later the capital of the Hittite empire.
- charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
- charismatic — A charismatic person attracts, influences, and inspires people by their personal qualities.
- charlemagne — ?742–814 ad, king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
- charm quark — charmed quark
- charmlessly — in a charmless manner
- chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
- chasmogamic — relating or pertaining to chasmogamy
- chastenment — the process of chastening
- chaulmoogra — a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
- cheap money — money lent at a low rate of interest
- checkmarked — to indicate by a check mark.
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- cheesemaker — a person or thing that makes cheese.
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- chemotactic — oriented movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
- chiasmatypy — the process of chiasma formation, which is the basis for crossing over.