12-letter words containing a, p, l, m
- camerapeople — a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or TV camera.
- camp lejeune — a U.S. Marine Corps base in SE North Carolina SE of Jacksonville on Onslow Bay.
- camphor ball — mothball
- 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.
- cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- chromatophil — Also, chromatophilic, chromatophilous [kroh-muh-tof-uh-luh s] /ˌkroʊ məˈtɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA). chromophil (def 1).
- chromophilia — the property of staining readily.
- chromoplasts — Plural form of chromoplast.
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- claim-jumper — a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
- clamjamphrie — rubbish
- clapham sect — a group of early 19th-century Church of England evangelicals advocating personal piety, the abolition of slavery, etc
- 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)
- coconut palm — A coconut palm is a tall tree on which coconuts grow.
- comma splice — comma fault.
- common pleas — in some U.S. states, a court having general and original jurisdiction over civil and criminal trials
- commonplaces — Plural form of commonplace.
- compellation — appellation
- compellative — an appellation
- compilations — Plural form of compilation.
- compiliation — Misspelling of compilation.
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- complainants — Plural form of complainant.
- complainings — complaints
- complaintive — Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- complanation — the act of flattening or making level
- complemental — complementary; completing.
- complex salt — a salt that contains one or more complex ions
- complex wave — a waveform consisting of a fundamental frequency with superimposed harmonics
- complexation — the formation of a complex
- complexional — Relating to complexion.
- compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- complicating — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- complication — A complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.
- complicative — having a tendency to complicate
- complimental — complimentary
- componential — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- compulsative — compulsory
- compulsatory — compulsory
- computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
- contemplable — able to be contemplated
- contemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contemplates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contemplate.
- contemplator — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.