12-letter words containing m, a, c, e
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- contemptable — Contemptible.
- content farm — a website that exploits the way search engines retrieve and rank pages by incorporating popular search terms and topics in its content, often with little attention to the originality, appropriateness, or quality of the subject matter, in order to elevate the ranking of its articles in online search results and attract advertisers.
- conterminant — enclosed within a common boundary
- conterminate — conterminous
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- coram judice — before a court having the authority to hear and decide (the case in question).
- corn earworm — the larva of the noctuid moth Heliothis armigera, which feeds on maize and many other crop plants
- corporealism — materialism
- cosmetically — a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- cosmeticians — Plural form of cosmetician.
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- counterwoman — A woman who serves at a counter.
- coup de main — an attack that achieves complete surprise
- coxey's army — Jacob Sechler [sech-ler] /ˈsɛtʃ lər/ (Show IPA), 1854–1951, U.S. political reformer: led a group of unemployed marchers (Coxey's army) in 1894 from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to petition Congress for legislation to create jobs and relieve poverty.
- craniometric — the science of measuring skulls, chiefly to determine their characteristic relationship to sex, body type, or genetic population.
- craniotomies — Plural form of craniotomy.
- crape myrtle — an oriental lythraceous shrub, Lagerstroemia indica, cultivated in warm climates for its pink, red, or white flowers
- crash helmet — A crash helmet is a helmet that motorcyclists wear in order to protect their heads if they have an accident.
- crassamentum — a blood clot
- crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- cream cheese — Cream cheese is a very rich, soft white cheese.
- cream sherry — a full-bodied sweet sherry
- cremationist — a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- criminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of criminalize.
- criminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criminalize.
- criminalness — (rare, dated) The state or quality of being criminal.
- crumble away — disintegrate
- crymotherapy — cryotherapy.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- crystal meth — crystal methamphetamine, a concentrated and highly potent form of methamphetamine with dangerous side effects
- cumulatively — increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions: the cumulative effect of one rejection after another.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curtain time — the time at which a play or other performance is scheduled to begin.
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- cyclostomate — having a round mouth