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11-letter words containing a, c, m

  • body combat — a type of fitness programme in which individuals perform non-contact martial arts moves to music
  • bomb crater — the crater in the ground, pavement, etc, left in the aftermath of an explosion
  • bombay duck — a teleost fish, Harpodon nehereus, that resembles and is related to the lizard fishes: family Harpodontidae. It is eaten dried with curry dishes as a savoury
  • boring clam — piddock
  • botanomancy — a form of divination in which tree branches or leaves are burnt
  • bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
  • bow compass — a compass for drawing, in which the legs are joined by a flexible metal bow-shaped spring rather than a hinge, the angle being adjusted by a screw
  • brachyprism — the four faces parallel to the brachyaxis in a crystal
  • brahmachari — a student of the Vedas, especially one committed to brahmacharya.
  • brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
  • branchiform — shaped like a gill.
  • breadcrumbs — (After the story "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm). 1.   (web)   Links displayed across the top of a web page listing the most recently visited pages so the reader can quickly jump back to one. Since this function is provided by the web browser, breadcrumbs are a waste of space. A better use of the space is to display links to the page's logical parent pages in the information hierarchy. 2.   (programming)   Information output by statements inserted into a program for debugging by printf.
  • brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
  • bromic acid — a colourless unstable water-soluble liquid used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: HBrO3
  • bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
  • bucaramanga — a city in N central Colombia, in the Cordillera Oriental: centre of a district growing coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Pop: 1 069 000 (2005 est)
  • bumper jack — a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper.
  • burmese cat — a breed of cat similar in shape to the Siamese but typically having a dark brown or blue-grey coat
  • butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
  • buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
  • cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
  • cable modem — (communications, hardware)   A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
  • cacodemonic — relating to cacodemons
  • cacomistles — Plural form of cacomistle.
  • cactus moth — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, native to South America and introduced into Australia to control prickly pear cactus, on which the larvae feed.
  • caddis worm — the wormlike larva of the caddis fly that usually lives in fresh water in an elongated case made of twigs, grains of sand, etc. cemented together with silk that it secretes: commonly used as bait by anglers
  • cadmium red — a pigment used in painting, consisting of the sulfide and the selinide of cadmium, characterized by its strong red or reddish color, excellent film-forming properties, and slow drying rate.
  • cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
  • cake makeup — face makeup in the form of a cake, usually applied with a damp sponge.
  • calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
  • calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
  • calcariform — shaped like a calcar
  • calcimining — Present participle of calcimine.
  • calico clam — any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Macrocallista, especially M. nimbosa, having a smooth, thick, rounded shell marked with violet-brown or lilac spots or streaks.
  • californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
  • call market — the market for lending call money.
  • call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
  • calligramme — words arranged to form a picture
  • callimachus — late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
  • calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
  • calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
  • calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
  • camaraderie — Camaraderie is a feeling of trust and friendship among a group of people who have usually known each other for a long time or gone through some kind of experience together.
  • cambric tea — a hot drink of milk, sugar, and water or, often, weak tea
  • camel corps — a brigade of infantry mounted on camels used by the British army in various campaigns
  • camel grass — a grass, Cymbopogon schoenanthus, of southern Asia and northern Africa, having fragrant foliage.
  • camel train — a series of camels tied in single file, used to transport goods or passengers
  • camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
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