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11-letter words containing a, m, t, e, r, o

  • autoerotism — pleasurable sensations or tensions arising in the erogenous body zones without external stimulation
  • auxanometer — an instrument that measures the linear growth of plant shoots
  • axonometric — of or relating to a projection method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface
  • baby-mother — a young mother who has been abandoned by the baby's father just before or after the birth
  • barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
  • barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
  • bartholomew — one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3). Feast day: Aug 24 or June 11
  • bartolommeo — Fra. original name Baccio della Porta. 1472–1517, Italian painter of the Florentine school, noted for his austere religious works
  • bathometers — Plural form of bathometer.
  • bedroom tax — a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of council housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require
  • biomaterial — a synthetic material used in prostheses or the replacement of natural body tissues
  • biometrical — pertaining to biometry
  • blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
  • bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
  • bomb crater — the crater in the ground, pavement, etc, left in the aftermath of an explosion
  • bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
  • bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
  • bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
  • bram stokerBram [bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
  • burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
  • cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
  • calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
  • camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
  • camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
  • canto fermo — a melody that is the basis to which other parts are added in polyphonic music
  • cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
  • carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
  • carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
  • cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
  • 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
  • centrosomal — Of or pertaining to a centrosome or centrosomes.
  • chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
  • chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
  • champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
  • choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
  • chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
  • chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
  • combat gear — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
  • comisserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
  • commemorate — To commemorate an important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action, ceremony, or specially-created object.
  • commendator — a person who holds a commendam
  • commentator — A commentator is a broadcaster who gives a radio or television commentary on an event.
  • commiserate — If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to them.
  • comparative — You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places.
  • compartment — A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
  • compatriate — Misspelling of compatriot.
  • compensator — a person or thing that compensates
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