12-letter words containing a, n, i, m, u
- bilingualism — Bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages equally well.
- blue jasmine — a southern U.S. shrubby vine, Clematis crispa, of the buttercup family, having solitary, bell-shaped, blue or bluish-purple to pink flowers and bearing fruit with silky appendages.
- brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
- 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.
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- burial mound — a barrow
- calumniating — Present participle of calumniate.
- 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
- camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
- catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- centumvirate — the office of the centumviri
- chance music — aleatory music.
- cinematheque — a small intimate cinema
- cinnamon bun — a honey bun flavored with cinnamon and often containing raisins.
- circumbinary — (astronomy) Of, pertaining to, or having an orbit around a binary star.
- circumjacent — surrounding; lying around
- circumnutate — to rotate slightly on a central axis
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- columniation — the arrangement of architectural columns
- communicable — A communicable disease is one that can be passed on to other people.
- communicably — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- communicants — Plural form of communicant.
- communicated — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- communicatee — a person to whom a communicator communicates
- communicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communicate.
- communicator — a person who communicates, especially one skilled at conveying information, ideas, or policy to the public.
- commutations — Plural form of commutation.
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- computations — Plural form of computation.
- comunication — Misspelling of communication.
- confucianism — the ethical system of Confucius, emphasizing moral order, the humanity and virtue of China's ancient rulers, and gentlemanly education
- connubialism — the state of being married
- consummating — Present participle of consummate.
- consummation — a consummating or being consummated; completion; fulfillment
- consummative — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contumacious — stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- councilmanic — of or relating to a councilman or councilwoman
- councilwoman — A councilwoman is a woman who is a member of a local council.
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- coup de main — an attack that achieves complete surprise
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- cuprammonium — an ion of copper oxide used (in solution) in the manufacture of rayon and other man-made fibres
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.