11-letter words containing a, m, o, n, i, c
- calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
- californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- cameroonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Republic of Cameroon or its inhabitants
- camino real — a main road; highway.
- campaniform — shaped like a bell
- canis major — a constellation in the S hemisphere close to Orion, containing Sirius, the brightest star in the sky
- canis minor — a small constellation in the N hemisphere close to Orion, containing the first magnitude star Procyon
- car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
- carcinomata — Plural form of carcinoma.
- carnivorism — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
- cementation — the process of heating a solid with a powdered material to modify the properties of the solid, esp the heating of wrought iron, surrounded with charcoal, to 750–900°C to produce steel
- centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
- ceremonials — Plural form of ceremonial.
- cga monitor — a type of (early) computer monitor designed to operate with CGA technology
- chain-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
- 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.
- 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
- chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
- chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
- chromatinic — Of or pertaining to chromatin.
- chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- cinemagoers — Plural form of cinemagoer.
- cinemascope — an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- co-chairman — one of two or more joint chairmen.
- coal mining — the act, process, or industry of extracting coal from the earth
- coalignment — Alignment together.
- coati-mundi — coati
- codominance — Ecology. being one of two or more species that are equally dominant in a biotic community: a forest in which oak and hickory are codominant.
- coenzymatic — of or relating to coenzymes
- cognominate — of or relating to a cognomen
- collimating — Present participle of collimate.
- collimation — to bring into line; make parallel.
- collunarium — a solution for application in the nose; nose drops.
- colonialism — Colonialism is the practice by which a powerful country directly controls less powerful countries and uses their resources to increase its own power and wealth.
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- combination — A combination of things is a mixture of them.
- combinative — resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together
- combinators — Plural form of combinator.
- combinatory — combinative