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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
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