12-letter words containing c, l, a, m, e
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domiciliated — to domicile.
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- economically — in a thrifty or frugal manner; with economy.
- ecumenically — general; universal.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- emblematical — See emblematic.
- empathically — In an empathic manner.
- emphatically — In a forceful way.
- emplacements — Plural form of emplacement.
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- epidemically — In the manner of an epidemic.
- episcopalism — the belief that a Church should be governed by bishops
- etymological — (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
- exclamations — Plural form of exclamation.
- exophthalmic — Having or characterized by protruding eyes.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- file a claim — If you file a claim, you make a request to an insurance company for payment of a sum of money according to the terms of an insurance policy.
- flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- galactometer — a lactometer.
- galactosemia — an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize galactose and requiring a galactose-free diet to avoid consequent mental retardation and eye, spleen, and liver abnormalities.
- game console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- glacial meal — finely ground rock material produced by the grinding action of a glacier on its bed.
- glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
- glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
- gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- haemophiliac — A person with haemophilia.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hemophiliacs — Plural form of hemophiliac.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- homolecithal — having a fairly uniform distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova having relatively little yolk.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypocalcemia — an abnormally small amount of calcium in the blood.
- hypocalcemic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- ian maclaren — James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.