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11-letter words containing m, a, c, b, e

  • butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
  • buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
  • cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
  • cable modem — (communications, hardware)   A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
  • call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
  • cambric tea — a hot drink of milk, sugar, and water or, often, weak tea
  • camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
  • camp robber — Canada jay
  • campbellism — the practices and principles of the Disciples of Christ.
  • campbellite — a member of the Disciples of Christ.
  • campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • carbamidine — guanidine.
  • carbapenems — Plural form of carbapenem.
  • carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
  • carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
  • carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
  • carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
  • ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
  • cerebralism — the theory that physical phenomena arise from the action of the brain
  • chamber mug — a chamber pot.
  • chamber pop — pop music that incorporates orchestral arrangements
  • chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
  • chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
  • chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
  • chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
  • chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
  • chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
  • cleanlimbed — having shapely limbs
  • collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
  • combat gear — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • combat team — a combination of military units, usually of different types, as infantry and artillery, temporarily under one command while on special combat mission.
  • combat zone — (in warfare) an area where fighting is taking place
  • combatively — In a combative way.
  • combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
  • combinative — resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together
  • comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
  • commandable — able to be commanded
  • commendable — If you describe someone's behaviour as commendable, you approve of it or are praising it.
  • commendably — worthy of praise: She did a commendable job of informing all the interested parties.
  • commentable — a remark, observation, or criticism: a comment about the weather.
  • committable — to give in trust or charge; consign.
  • compactable — Capable of being compacted.
  • compactible — able to be made compact
  • companiable — sociable
  • compassable — Capable of being compassed or accomplished.
  • compellable — (of a witness) able to be made to attend court or testify.
  • compensable — entitled to compensation or capable of being compensated
  • completable — able to be completed
  • comportable — (obsolete) suitable; consistent.
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