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

  • boxing match — a competition between two boxers
  • cacodaemonic — Daemonic.
  • calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
  • call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
  • call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
  • calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
  • calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
  • calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
  • calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
  • calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
  • calumniously — in a calumnious manner
  • camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
  • camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
  • camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
  • camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
  • campo formio — a village in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: scene of the signing of a treaty in 1797 that ended the war between revolutionary France and Austria
  • campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
  • cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
  • cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
  • cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
  • causationism — the theory of universal causation
  • cd-rom drive — A CD-ROM drive is the device that you use with a computer to play CD-ROMs.
  • cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
  • ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • cervicectomy — (medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
  • cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.
  • chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
  • chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
  • chalazogamic — relating to the process of chalazogamy
  • championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
  • chemiosmosis — the mechanism by which the synthesis and utilization of the biochemical energy source ATP is regulated: the energy generated by oxidative phosphorylation generates a proton gradient across the membrane of the mitochondrion that drives the enzymic resynthesis of ATP
  • chemiosmotic — relating to the process of chemiosmosis
  • chemokinesis — the random movement of cells, such as leucocytes, stimulated by substances in their environment
  • 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
  • chickahominy — a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Powhatan confederacy that inhabited eastern Virginia.
  • 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
  • chlorimetric — of or relating to chlorimetry
  • choirmasters — Plural form of choirmaster.
  • chondriosome — mitochondrion
  • chromaticism — the use of chromatic tones.
  • chromaticity — the quality of a colour or light with reference to its purity and its dominant wavelength
  • 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
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