13-letter words containing c, n, a, m
- canal du midi — a canal in S France, extending from the River Garonne at Toulouse to the Mediterranean at Sète and providing a link between the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts: built between 1666 and 1681. Length: 181 km (150 miles)
- candid camera — a small camera that may be used to take informal photographs of people, usually without their knowledge
- canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges.
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- carbamazepine — an anticonvulsant drug used in the management of epilepsy
- carbonium ion — type of positively charged organic ion
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.
- carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
- cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
- catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
- catechumenate — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
- cell membrane — a very thin membrane, composed of lipids and protein, that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the passage of substances into and out of the cell
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cetane number — a measure of the quality of a diesel fuel expressed as the percentage of cetane in a mixture of cetane and 1-methylnapthalene of the same quality as the given fuel
- chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
- chairmanships — Plural form of chairmanship.
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
- championships — Plural form of championship.
- chance-medley — a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; unintentional but not blameless killing
- changing room — A changing room is a room where you can change your clothes and usually have a shower, for example at a sports centre.
- chapman stick — an electronically amplified musical instrument with ten or twelve strings and a fretted neck, which is played by striking the strings against the frets with the fingers
- chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
- checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- chemotaxonomy — the taxonomy of species of organisms based on biochemical characteristics
- chestnut clam — Astarte (def 2).
- chimney place — an open hearth.
- chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
- chlamydomonas — a green, fresh water alga of the class Chlorophyceae that is flagellate and made up of a single cell
- chloromethane — methyl chloride.
- cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
- churchmanship — The craft or skill of being a churchman. (from 17th c.).
- chymification — the process of turning into chyme
- ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
- cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
- cinema goers' — filmgoer.