11-letter words containing a, c, u, m, e
- comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
- communalise — Alternative form of communalize.
- communalize — to render (something) the property of a commune or community
- communicate — to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
- commutative — relating to or involving substitution
- computative — of, relating to, or involving computation
- computerate — If someone is computerate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer.
- conjure man — (in the southern U.S. and the West Indies) a conjurer; witch doctor.
- connumerate — to count together
- consumables — goods intended to be bought, used, and replaced, esp materials needed for computers and photocopiers
- consummated — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- consummates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consummate.
- countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- countermark — a mark on an object that is additional to a mark already on that object, and that serves a purpose such as enhancing security, or noting a change in the value of that object, etc
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- coursemates — Plural form of coursemate.
- cram course — an intensive course of study designed to review or teach material needed for a specific purpose or, often, material previously taught but not mastered.
- cream sauce — a white sauce made from cream, butter, etc
- crematorium — A crematorium is a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned.
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- culminative — (of stress or tone accent) serving to indicate the number of independent words or the important points in an utterance by assigning prominence to one syllable in each word or close-knit group of words.
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- curb market — curb (def 5).
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- custom-made — If something is custom-made, it is made according to someone's special requirements.
- custom-make — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- cut a melon — to declare an abnormally high dividend to shareholders
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
- dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
- early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
- emasculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emasculate.
- emasculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emasculate.
- emasculator — One who, or that which, emasculates.
- emparlaunce — an act of parleying or conferring
- encumbrance — A burden or impediment.
- endocardium — The thin, smooth membrane that lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves.
- endocranium — (anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull.
- eremacausis — A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or dead animals.
- escarmouche — a skirmish
- eubacterium — A bacterium of a large group typically having simple cells with rigid cell walls and often flagella for movement. The group comprises the “ true ” bacteria and cyanobacteria, as distinct from archaebacteria.
- euchromatin — the part of a chromosome that constitutes the major genes and does not stain strongly with basic dyes when the cell is not dividing
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization