12-letter words containing a, m, e, l, i
- call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
- calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- camel's hair — the hair of the camel
- camel's-hair — made of camel's hair.
- cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
- camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
- caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
- caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
- central time — standard time or daylight saving time in the time zone which includes the central states of the U.S.
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- cerium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the terbium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- chimerically — In a chimerical manner.
- chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
- circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
- claim-jumper — a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clamjamphrie — rubbish
- clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
- clay mineral — any of a group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminium silicates: the major constituents of clays
- clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
- cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
- cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
- clickstreams — Plural form of clickstream.
- climacterics — Plural form of climacteric.
- clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- clotrimazole — An antifungal medication used to treat humans and animals.
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- collegialism — the theory that the church's highest authority is its collective membership
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- comma splice — comma fault.
- command line — typed instructions that access a computer system
- commensalism — a close association or union between two kinds of organisms, in which one is benefited by the relationship and the other is neither benefited nor harmed
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commentarial — a series of comments, explanations, or annotations: a commentary on the Bible; news followed by a commentary.
- commercially — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- commonalties — Plural form of commonalty.
- communicable — A communicable disease is one that can be passed on to other people.
- compellation — appellation
- compellative — an appellation
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- complaintive — Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- complexation — the formation of a complex