10-letter words containing c, a, e, o, m
- chromonema — a coiled chromatin thread within a single chromosome
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cibachrome — the old name for the Ilfochrome photographic printing process
- cinemagoer — a person who attends the cinema
- cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
- clapometer — a device that measures applause
- clean room — an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, in which environmental contaminants are kept to an absolute minimum
- cleromancy — a divination involving dice-throwing or lot-casting
- cloakmaker — Someone who makes cloaks.
- clockmaker — a person who makes or mends clocks, watches, etc
- clonazepam — a medication used to treat conditions that involve seizures
- cloth beam — a roller, located at the front of a loom, on which woven material is wound after it leaves the breast beam.
- co-manager — a person who manages something jointly with one or more other people
- co-payment — payment required of an insured person for that portion of medical expenses not paid by the insurance company; specif., a fixed fee required for each prescription, visit to a doctor, etc.
- coachmaker — A coachbuilder.
- coal miner — A coal miner is a person whose job is mining coal.
- coalmaster — the owner of a colliery
- cockamamie — If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
- coelomatic — of or relating to a coelom
- coenzyme a — a constituent of biological cells that functions as the agent of acylation in metabolic reactions
- cofferdams — Plural form of cofferdam.
- coimbatore — an industrial city in SW India, in W Tamil Nadu. Pop: 923 085 (2001)
- cold cream — an emulsion of water and fat used cosmetically for softening and cleansing the skin
- cold frame — A cold frame is a wooden frame with a glass top in which you grow small plants to protect them from cold weather.
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- colemanite — a colourless or white glassy mineral consisting of hydrated calcium borate in monoclinic crystalline form. It occurs with and is a source of borax. Formula: Ca2B6O11.5H2O
- collembola — Any of many minute wingless arthropods of subclass Collembola; a springtail.
- collimated — Simple past tense and past participle of collimate.
- collimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collimate.
- columellae — Plural form of columella.
- columellar — (biology, anatomy) Of or pertaining to a columella.
- columnated — Architecture. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- comanchean — of or relating to the early part of the Cretaceous system and period
- comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
- comandante — commandant.
- combatable — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combinable — capable of combining or being combined.
- come about — When you say how or when something came about, you say how or when it happened.
- come again — Some people say 'Come again?' when they want you to repeat what you have just said.
- come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- come along — You tell someone to come along to encourage them in a friendly way to do something, especially to attend something.
- come clean — to make a revelation or confession
- comebacker — (baseball) A pop fly that falls behind home plate, typically caught by the catcher for an out.
- comedietta — a short comic stage or musical production
- comeupance — Alternative form of comeuppance.
- comiserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- comitative — (of a case) expressing accompaniment
- comm badge — a small combined radio transmitter and receiver, carried around by one person, esp military personnel, in the form of a badge worn on the chest
- commandeer — If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.
- commanders — Plural form of commander.