9-letter words containing c, e, m
- ammocoete — the larva of primitive jawless vertebrates, such as the lamprey, that lives buried in mud and feeds on microorganisms
- anchormen — Plural form of anchorman.
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- anticrime — preventing or fighting crime
- arch beam — a crowned metal beam, as of the deck of a ship.
- archenemy — a chief enemy
- archimage — a great magician or wizard
- archimime — The chief jester or mimic who would imitate the dead person as part of ancient Roman funeral processions.
- arcminute — unit of angular measurement, 1⁄60 of a degree
- armistice — An armistice is an agreement between countries who are at war with one another to stop fighting and to discuss ways of making peace.
- arms race — An arms race is a situation in which two countries or groups of countries are continually trying to get more and better weapons than each other.
- asemantic — not semantic
- atacamite — a mineral, green in colour, containing copper and present in Australia, Chile, and Cornwall
- athematic — not based on themes
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- b complex — vitamin B (complex)
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- barm cake — a round flat soft bread roll
- barmecide — lavish or plentiful in imagination only; illusory; sham
- base camp — an encampment that serves as a staging area for a larger activity, for example in mountaineering
- batchmate — (India) classmate.
- beach bum — If you refer to someone as a beach bum, you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea.
- beachcomb — to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- become of — to happen to; be the fate of
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- belgicism — a word or expression used by Belgians when speaking French or Dutch
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- bicameral — (of a legislature) consisting of two chambers
- biochemic — relating to the chemistry of living organisms
- biometric — Biometric tests and devices use biological information about a person to create a detailed record of their personal characteristics.
- blackgame — a large grouse found in northern Europe and Asia
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- bleomycin — a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease
- blue comb — a disease of birds resembling Bright's disease in humans affecting especially domestic fowl, characterized by fever, sunken eyes, and shriveling of the skin of the wattles, shanks, and comb.
- bregmatic — of or relating to the bregma
- cabinmate — a person with whom one shares a cabin
- cablegram — a message sent by undersea cable
- cachaemia — a poisoned condition of the blood
- cachaemic — of or relating to cachaemia
- cacodemon — an evil spirit or devil
- cacomixle — Alternative spelling of cacomixl.
- caesarism — an autocratic system of government
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- calcaneum — calcaneus.
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls
- calembour — a pun