11-letter words containing c, a, m, n
- muck around — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- muck-raking — If you accuse someone of muck-raking, you are criticizing them for finding and spreading unpleasant or embarrassing information about someone, especially a public figure.
- mud volcano — a vent in the earth's surface through which escaping gas and vapor issue, causing mud to boil and occasionally to overflow, forming a conical mound around the vent.
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- munchhausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
- munich pact — the pact signed by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany on September 29, 1938, by which the Sudetenland was ceded to Germany: often cited as an instance of unwise and unprincipled appeasement of an aggressive nation.
- municipally — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- muonic atom — an atom in which an orbiting electron has been replaced by a muon
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- music stand — a pedestal or rack designed to hold a score or sheet of music in position for reading.
- musicalness — Quality of being musical.
- mythomaniac — lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
- name-caller — a person who constantly resorts to name-calling.
- namecalling — Alternative form of name-calling.
- namechecked — Simple past tense and past participle of namecheck.
- nanomachine — nanobot.
- necromancer — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- necromantic — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- nemathecium — a wartlike protuberance on the thallus of certain red algae, containing tetraspores, antheridia, or cystocarps.
- nematicidal — Alternative spelling of nematocidal.
- nematocidal — Acting as a nematocide; fatal to nematodes.
- nematocides — Plural form of nematocide.
- nematocysts — A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey.
- neo-fascism — a modern right-wing political movement that includes significant elements of fascism, esp inspired by fascist Italy
- neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
- new mexican — a state in the SW United States. 121,666 sq. mi. (315,115 sq. km). Capital: Santa Fe. Abbreviation: NM (for use with zip code), N. Mex., N.M.
- niacinamide — nicotinamide.
- nmr scanner — a diagnostic device employing nuclear magnetic resonance to display computer-generated sectional images of the body, consisting of a large, body-encircling magnet that generates a strong, uniform magnetic field which interacts with radio waves to excite the nuclei of hydrogen atoms, or other specific atoms, and a detection system that picks up the signals from the body and transforms them into a visual image.
- nomadically — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- nomenclator — a person who assigns names, as in scientific classification; classifier.
- nomological — the science of law or laws.
- non-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- nonacademic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- nonanatomic — not anatomic, not related to an organism's structure or its study
- nonaromatic — lacking odour or fragrance
- nonchemical — Not chemical.
- noncommital — Alternative form of noncommittal.
- noncriminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
- nondogmatic — not related to dogma, esp in religion
- nondramatic — Not dramatic; not exciting; mundane.
- nonemphatic — lacking emphasis, not emphatic
- nonharmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- nonmagician — One who is not a magician.
- nonmagnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- nonmatching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- nonmetallic — of or relating to a nonmetal.
- nonmetrical — (music) Without the constraints of a metronome; not played or sung with a strict underlying rhythmic method.
- nonmusician — a person who is not a musician