11-letter words containing c, e, r, a, m
- imprecation — the act of imprecating; cursing.
- imprecatory — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- incremation — Burning; especially, the act of burning a dead body; cremation.
- incremental — increasing or adding on, especially in a regular series: small, incremental tax hikes.
- incriminate — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
- incumbrance — encumbrance.
- infomercial — a long commercial that informs or instructs, especially in an original and entertaining manner: an infomercial on making Christmas decorations using the sponsor's brand of glue.
- insectarium — a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
- interatomic — between atoms.
- intercampus — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- isometrical — Dated form of isometric.
- jackhammers — Plural form of jackhammer.
- james clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- keratectomy — excision of part of the cornea.
- la camargue — a delta region in S France, between the channels of the Grand and Petit Rhône: cattle, esp bulls for the Spanish bullrings, and horses are reared
- lactometers — Plural form of lactometer.
- lamellicorn — having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- leucodermia — leucoderma
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- lucid dream — a dream in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming and can sometimes influence the course of the dream
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- mac address — The hardware address of a device connected to a shared network medium. See also Media Access Control.
- macdesigner — A design CASE tool for the Mac from Excel Software, Inc.
- macebearers — Plural form of macebearer.
- maceranduba — the milk tree, native to Brazil
- mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- macro-level — at or on a level that is large in scale or scope: macrolevel research on crime rates in urban areas.
- macrogamete — (in heterogamous reproduction) the larger and usually female of a pair of conjugating gametes.
- macromanage — (transitive) To manage using macro-management.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrospores — Plural form of macrospore.
- macrosystem — A programming system in which small constructs (macros) represent groups of machine instructions.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- magic paper — An early interactive symbolic mathematics system.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- major piece — a queen or rook.
- major scale — a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
- make tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- malebranche — Nicolas de [nee-kaw-lah duh] /ni kɔˈlɑ də/ (Show IPA), 1638–1715, French philosopher.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- malefactory — villainous
- malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.