12-letter words containing c, i, n, a, m
- amphotericin — an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.
- anachronisms — Plural form of anachronism.
- anagrammatic — a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”.
- anastigmatic — (of a lens or optical device) not astigmatic
- anatomically — of or relating to anatomy.
- androclinium — clinandrium.
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
- angiosarcoma — a rare, malignant tumour which grows rapidly in the blood vessels
- animal black — any of various black pigments, as boneblack or ivory black, obtained from calcined animal matter.
- animalculism — the theory explaining psychological and pathological phenomena through animalcules
- animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
- animalculous — a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
- animatronics — a branch of film and theatre technology that combines traditional puppetry techniques with electronics to create lifelike animated effects
- anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
- antasthmatic — relieving the symptoms of asthma
- antebrachium — (anatomy) The forearm.
- anthelmintic — killing or ejecting intestinal worms
- anti-fascism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- anti-semitic — Someone or something that is anti-Semitic is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
- antiacademic — opposed to education
- antiblackism — a belief or type of behaviour which exhibits hostility towards Black people
- antibrachium — (anatomy) alternative spelling of antebrachium.
- anticlimatic — Misspelling of anticlimactic.
- anticlimaxes — Plural form of anticlimax.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- antidogmatic — opposed to dogma
- antieconomic — against economic growth or wellbeing
- antileukemic — acting against leukemia
- antimacassar — a cloth covering the back and arms of chairs, etc, to prevent soiling or as decoration
- antimagnetic — of or constructed of a material that does not acquire permanent magnetism when exposed to a magnetic field
- antimicrobic — Antimicrobial.
- antimnemonic — difficult to remember (often deliberately so)
- antimonarchy — Opposing a monarchy.
- antiromantic — opposed to romanticism
- apicomplexan — Describing protists of the phylum Apicomplexa.
- archiphoneme — an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad
- arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
- astrodynamic — Pertaining to astrodynamics.
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- asynchronism — a lack of synchronism; occurrence at different times
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- avitaminotic — of or relating to avitaminosis
- azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
- back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
- benchmarking — In business, benchmarking is a process in which a company compares its products and methods with those of the most successful companies in its field, in order to try to improve its own performance.
- bibliomaniac — excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy