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10-letter words containing c, l, a, m, i

  • calcimines — Plural form of calcimine.
  • callithump — a noisy band or parade
  • calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
  • calumniate — to slander
  • calumnious — of or using calumny
  • calyciform — having the form of a calyx
  • camarillas — Plural form of camarilla.
  • camel hair — the hair of the camel, used especially for cloth, painters' brushes, and Oriental rugs.
  • camel spin — camel (def 3).
  • camel-hair — A camel-hair coat is made of a kind of soft, thick woollen cloth, usually creamy-brown in colour.
  • camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
  • cameralism — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
  • cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
  • caml light — A small portable implementation of a version of CAML by Xavier Leroy <[email protected]> and Damien Doligez of INRIA. Caml Light uses a bytecode interpreter written in C. It adds a Modula-2-like module system, separate compilation, lazy streams for parsing and printing, graphics primitives and an interface with C. Version 0.6 runs on Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, Atari ST and Amiga. It includes an interpreter, compiler, Emacs mode, libraries, scanner generator, parser generator, run-time support and an interactive development environment. The latest version, as of April 2003, is 0.75 and runs on Unix, Macintosh and Windows. The development of Caml Light has been stopped; current development is on Objective Caml. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: <[email protected]>.
  • campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
  • candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
  • capitalism — Capitalism is an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are owned by private individuals and not by the state.
  • capitellum — an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
  • caramanlis — Konstantinos [kawn-stahn-dee-naws] /ˌkɔn stɑnˈdi nɔs/ (Show IPA), 1907–98, Greek politician: prime minister 1955–63, 1974–80; president 1980–85, 1990–95.
  • caramelise — (cooking) To convert sugar into caramel.
  • caramelize — If sugar caramelizes, it turns to caramel as a result of being heated.
  • carmichael — Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929)
  • cash limit — a limit imposed as a method of curtailing overall expenditure without specifying the precise means of budgetary control
  • catabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are broken down into simple ones with the release of energy; destructive metabolism
  • catamenial — Of or relating to the menses or menstruation.
  • cefmatilen — An orally active cephalosporin antibiotic.
  • cemeterial — of or relating to a cemetery or to burial.
  • centesimal — hundredth
  • centralism — Centralism is a way of governing a country, or organizing something such as industry, education, or politics, which involves having one central group of people who give instructions to everyone else.
  • ceremonial — Something that is ceremonial relates to a ceremony or is used in a ceremony.
  • chain mail — Chain mail is a kind of armour made from small metal rings joined together so that they look like cloth.
  • chamberlin — ˈThomas Chrowder (ˈkraʊdər ) ; krouˈdər) 1843-1928; U.S. geologist
  • chamomiles — Plural form of chamomile.
  • charmingly — In a charming manner.
  • chemically — a substance produced by or used in a chemical process.
  • childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
  • chilomonad — any of the colorless protozoalike algae of the genus Chilomonas (phylum Cryptophyta), chiefly saprozoic flagellates found in fresh waters that have become stagnant: popular in laboratory studies.
  • chilomonas — a genus of flagellate algae comprising the chilomonads.
  • chimerical — wildly fanciful; imaginary
  • chlamydiae — the sexually transmitted diseases that are due to the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis
  • chlamydial — of or relating to infections caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
  • chlamydias — Plural form of chlamydia.
  • chloralism — a medical condition created by prolonged use of chloral hydrate
  • chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
  • choliambic — relating to or in the form of choliambs
  • choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
  • churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
  • cimeliarch — a room for keeping the valuables of a church.
  • circlorama — a system of film projection in which a number of projectors and screens are employed to produce a picture that surrounds the viewer
  • circumoral — Around or encircling the mouth.
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