9-letter words containing c, e, m, t
- catechism — In a Catholic, Episcopal, or Orthodox Church, the catechism is a series of questions and answers about religious beliefs, which has to be learned by people before they can become full members of that Church.
- cattleman — A cattleman is a man who looks after or owns cattle, especially in North America or Australia.
- cattlemen — Plural form of cattleman.
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cecostomy — Alternative spelling of caecostomy.
- celiotomy — laparotomy (def 2).
- cellmates — Plural form of cellmate.
- celticism — a Celtic custom or usage.
- cementing — Present participle of cement.
- cementite — the hard brittle compound of iron and carbon that forms in carbon steels and some cast irons. Formula: Fe3C
- centesimo — a former monetary unit of Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican City worth one hundredth of a lira
- centigram — one hundredth of a gram
- centumvir — one of a body of judges responsible for presiding over civil court cases
- centurium — A rejected name for fermium.
- ceramists — Plural form of ceramist.
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- cerements — Plural form of cerement.
- cetrimide — a quaternary ammonium compound used as a detergent and, having powerful antiseptic properties, for sterilizing surgical instruments, cleaning wounds, etc
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- charmante — Silk fabric with a crepe back.
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- checkmate — to thwart or render powerless
- chemist's — a chemist's shop
- chemistry — Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
- chemitype — an obsolete chemical process by which a relief impression was obtained from an engraving or etching
- chemitypy — the process of chemitype
- chemonite — a solution consisting of copper hydroxide, arsenic trioxide, ammonia, acetic acid, and water: used as a wood preservative.
- chemostat — an apparatus for growing bacterial cultures at a constant rate by controlling the supply of nutrient medium
- chemtrail — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- chromates — Plural form of chromate.
- cinematic — Cinematic means relating to films made for the cinema.
- cinnamate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of cinnamic acid.
- claremont — a town in SW California.
- classmate — Your classmates are students who are in the same class as you at school or college.
- classtime — The time devoted to or prepared for a lesson at school or elsewhere; schooltime.
- clement i — Saint, called Clement of Rome. pope (?88–?97 ad). Feast day: Nov 23
- clement v — original name Bertrand de Got. ?1264–1314, pope (1305–14): removed the papal seat from Rome to Avignon in France (1309)
- clement x — (Emilio Altieri) 1590–1676, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1670–76.
- clemently — In a clement manner.
- climatise — in Australia, adapt or become accustomed to a new climate or environment
- climatize — to acclimate to a new environment.
- clitellum — a thickened saddle-like region of epidermis in earthworms and leeches whose secretions bind copulating worms together and later form a cocoon around the eggs
- clubmates — Plural form of clubmate.
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- clumsiest — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- coelomata — animals possessing a coelom
- coelomate — an animal that possesses a coelom
- coemption — the buying up of the complete supply of a commodity