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12-letter words containing c, r, o, m

  • cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • career woman — A career woman is a woman with a career who is interested in working and progressing in her job, rather than staying at home looking after the house and children.
  • carol stream — a town in NE Illinois.
  • carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
  • cathetometer — an instrument measuring minute height differences
  • cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
  • cd-rom drive — A CD-ROM drive is the device that you use with a computer to play CD-ROMs.
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
  • cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
  • cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
  • ceramography — the study, analysis, and preparation of ceramic microstructures, usually for industrial use
  • ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • cervicectomy — (medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
  • chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
  • chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
  • chamber tomb — a prehistoric tomb with a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
  • chapter room — a room for the use of the chapter of a religious institution
  • charm school — a school teaching manners and social skills
  • chaulmoogras — Plural form of chaulmoogra.
  • checkerbloom — a Californian malvaceous plant, Sidalcea malvaeflora, with pink or purple flowers
  • cheesemonger — a person dealing in cheese, butter, etc
  • chemosensory — sensitive to chemical stimuli, as the sensory nerve endings that mediate taste and smell.
  • chemosurgery — a method of treating cancer involving the use of chemicals to destroy malignant tissue or skin
  • chemotherapy — Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer.
  • chemotrophic — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
  • chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
  • chimney rock — a column of rock rising above the level of the surrounding area or isolated on the face of a steep slope.
  • chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
  • chirognomist — someone who studies chirognomy
  • chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
  • chlorambucil — an alkylating drug derived from nitrogen mustard, administered orally in the treatment of leukaemia and other malignant diseases. Formula: C14H19Cl2NO2
  • chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
  • chlorimetric — of or relating to chlorimetry
  • chloroformed — Simple past tense and past participle of chloroform.
  • chloroformer — someone who administers chloroform
  • chlorophytum — any plant of the genus Chlorophytum, esp C. elatum variegatum, grown as a pot plant for its long narrow leaves with a light central stripe, and characterized by the production of offsets at the end of long scapes: family Liliaceae
  • choirmasters — Plural form of choirmaster.
  • chondriosome — mitochondrion
  • chord symbol — any of a series of letters and numerals, used as a shorthand indication of chords, esp in jazz, folk, or pop music
  • chorusmaster — the conductor of a choir
  • chrestomathy — a collection of literary passages, used in the study of language
  • chromaticism — the use of chromatic tones.
  • chromaticity — the quality of a colour or light with reference to its purity and its dominant wavelength
  • chromatogram — a column or strip of material containing constituents of a mixture separated by chromatography
  • chromatology — chromatics.
  • chromatophil — Also, chromatophilic, chromatophilous [kroh-muh-tof-uh-luh s] /ˌkroʊ məˈtɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA). chromophil (def 1).
  • chromatopsia — an irregularity in the ability to see colours properly
  • chrome green — any green pigment made by mixing lead chromate with Prussian blue
  • chrome steel — any of various hard rust-resistant steels containing chromium
  • chromic acid — an unstable dibasic oxidizing acid known only in solution and in the form of chromate salts. Formula: H2CrO4
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