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14-letter words containing c, u, m, a

  • cadmium orange — a yellow color approaching orange.
  • cadmium yellow — a very vivid yellow containing cadmium sulphide
  • cahokia mounds — the largest group of prehistoric Indian earthworks in the US, located northeast of East St Louis
  • calumniousness — Calumny.
  • cambridge blue — a lightish blue colour
  • camera obscura — a darkened chamber or small building in which images of outside objects are projected onto a flat surface by a convex lens in an aperture
  • camillo cavour — Camillo Benso di [kah-meel-law ben-saw dee] /kɑˈmil lɔ ˈbɛn sɔ di/ (Show IPA), 1810–61, Italian statesman: leader in the unification of Italy.
  • camouflageable — able to be camouflaged
  • camp counselor — activities supervisor
  • campanulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Campanulaceae, a family of temperate and subtropical plants, including the campanulas, having bell-shaped nodding flowers
  • camphor laurel — an Australian name for the camphor tree, now occurring in the wild in parts of Australia
  • campylotropous — (of an ovule) curved so that the micropyle and funiculus almost touch
  • caprimulgiform — Of or pertaining to the taxonomic order Caprimulgiformes.
  • cardiac muscle — a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
  • carpet muncher — lesbian
  • catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
  • charles sumnerCharles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
  • chemical abuse — the habitual use of a mood-altering drug, alcoholic beverage, etc.
  • chemoautotroph — an organism that obtains energy through chemoautotrophy
  • cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
  • chondrocranium — the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
  • christmas bush — any of various trees or shrubs flowering at Christmas and used for decoration
  • christmas club — a savings account in a bank in which regular deposits are made, usually throughout one year, as to provide funds for Christmas shopping.
  • chrysanthemums — Plural form of chrysanthemum.
  • ciliary muscle — the smooth muscle in the ciliary body, the action of which affects the accommodation of the eye.
  • circumagitated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumagitate.
  • circumambulate — to walk around (something)
  • circumcolumnar — surrounding a column.
  • circumfixation — a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
  • circumgalactic — (astronomy) Surrounding a galaxy.
  • circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
  • circumgyratory — characterized by circumgyration
  • circumlittoral — adjoining the shore
  • circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
  • circumnutation — the irregular spiral or elliptical rotation of the apex of a growing stem, root, or shoot, caused by differences in the rate of growth of the opposite sides
  • circumnutatory — relating to circumnutation
  • circumrotation — Rotation or revolution around an axis.
  • circumrotatory — Turning, rolling, or whirling round.
  • circumstancing — Present participle of circumstance.
  • circumstantial — Circumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it.
  • circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
  • circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
  • circus maximus — an amphitheatre in Rome, used in ancient times for chariot races, public games, etc
  • clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
  • clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
  • coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
  • colloquialisms — Plural form of colloquialism.
  • columbia river — a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 miles (1955 km) long.
  • combat fatigue — a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare
  • come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
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