12-letter words containing a, m, o, n
- bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
- bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
- burial mound — a barrow
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- cacodaemonic — Daemonic.
- call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
- call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
- calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- calumniously — in a calumnious manner
- camera phone — A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.
- cameraperson — a camera operator
- camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
- can of worms — a complicated problem
- canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
- cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
- career woman — A career woman is a woman with a career who is interested in working and progressing in her job, rather than staying at home looking after the house and children.
- carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
- cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
- catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.
- chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
- chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
- championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
- chickahominy — a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Powhatan confederacy that inhabited eastern Virginia.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
- chromonemata — a chromosome thread that is relatively uncoiled at early prophase but assumes a spiral form at metaphase.
- cinema-going — regularly attending the cinema
- cinnamon bun — a honey bun flavored with cinnamon and often containing raisins.
- city company — (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London
- clams casino — broiled clams topped with garlic butter, bacon, bread crumbs, etc. and served in their bottom shells
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- clean a room — If you clean a room, you make the inside of it and the furniture in it free from dirt and dust.
- cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
- clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- clonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- coalitionism — the principle of governing by coalition
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- cochairwoman — a woman who cochairs an organization
- coconut palm — A coconut palm is a tall tree on which coconuts grow.
- coin machine — slot machine (def 2).
- coir matting — a floor covering or packing material made of coir