11-letter words containing c, i, n, a, m
- 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.
- isomagnetic — noting or pertaining to points of equal magnetic force.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kinematical — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- lacrimation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lactalbumin — the simple protein of milk, obtained from whey, used in the preparation of certain foods and in adhesives and varnishes.
- lamellicorn — having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- latrocinium — highway robbery
- macdesigner — A design CASE tool for the Mac from Excel Software, Inc.
- machinating — Present participle of machinate.
- machination — an act or instance of machinating.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- machine age — the period in the early 20th century when there was greater production and more new inventions of machinery than previously, and considered to be at a peak between the first and second world wars
- machine gun — automatic firearm
- machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- macrodontia — the condition of having abnormally large teeth.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- madefaction — the process of making wet
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- magnetician — a scientist who specialises in magnetism
- magnificant — Misspelling of magnificent.
- magnificent — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- main chance — an opportunity offering the greatest gain: Being ambitious, he always had an eye for the main chance.
- main clause — a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
- main office — headquarters
- maintenance — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
- maledicting — Present participle of maledict.
- malediction — a curse; imprecation.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- maleficence — the doing of evil or harm: the maleficence of thieves.
- maleficient — Doing evil, harm, or mischief.
- malfunction — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- mancipation — (obsolete) slavery.
- mancipatory — relating to mancipation
- manducating — Present participle of manducate.
- manducation — The act of eating.
- mangia-cake — a derogatory term for a White person of Anglo-Saxon origin, used among Italo-Canadians
- manichaeism — the system of religious doctrines, including elements of Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc, taught by the Persian prophet Mani about the 3rd century ad. It was based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness, or goodness and evil
- manicurists — Plural form of manicurist.