10-letter words containing a, s, m, l
- cacomistle — a catlike omnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, of S North America, related to but smaller than the raccoons: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). It has yellowish-grey fur and a long bushy tail banded in black and white
- calamities — a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calcimines — Plural form of calcimine.
- call names — to speak of or to in an abusive manner
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- camarillas — Plural form of camarilla.
- camel case — the convention of writing compound words or phrases with no spaces and an initial lowercase or uppercase letter, with each remaining word element beginning with an uppercase letter: iPod and WikiAnswers are both spelled in camel case.
- camel spin — camel (def 3).
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- cameltoe's — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- cameralism — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- campstools — Plural form of campstool.
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- capitalism — Capitalism is an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are owned by private individuals and not by the state.
- caramanlis — Konstantinos [kawn-stahn-dee-naws] /ˌkɔn stɑnˈdi nɔs/ (Show IPA), 1907–98, Greek politician: prime minister 1955–63, 1974–80; president 1980–85, 1990–95.
- carambolas — Plural form of carambola.
- caramelise — (cooking) To convert sugar into caramel.
- cash limit — a limit imposed as a method of curtailing overall expenditure without specifying the precise means of budgetary control
- catabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are broken down into simple ones with the release of energy; destructive metabolism
- cataclysms — Plural form of cataclysm.
- cataplasms — Plural form of cataplasm.
- centesimal — hundredth
- centralism — Centralism is a way of governing a country, or organizing something such as industry, education, or politics, which involves having one central group of people who give instructions to everyone else.
- chameleons — Plural form of chameleon.
- chamomiles — Plural form of chamomile.
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- chilomonas — a genus of flagellate algae comprising the chilomonads.
- chlamydias — Plural form of chlamydia.
- chloralism — a medical condition created by prolonged use of chloral hydrate
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- cis female — a person who was born female and whose gender identity is female.
- cladograms — Plural form of cladogram.
- clam-shell — the shell of a clam.
- clamminess — covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp: clammy hands.
- clamourous — Archaic spelling of clamorous.
- clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
- clamshells — Plural form of clamshell.
- clanswoman — a woman belonging to a clan
- class mark — a value within a class interval, esp its midpoint or the nearest integral value, used to represent the interval for computational convenience
- classicism — Classicism is a style of art practised especially in the 18th century in Europe. It has simple regular forms and the artist does not attempt to express strong emotions.
- classmates — Plural form of classmate.
- classrooms — Plural form of classroom.
- clematises — Plural form of clematis.
- climatised — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climaxless — without a climax