11-letter words containing m, a, c, n
- chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
- chromatinic — Of or pertaining to chromatin.
- chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
- chronograms — Plural form of chronogram.
- chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
- chum salmon — a large salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) with pale flesh, found in the N Pacific
- churchwoman — a female practising member of a church
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- cine camera — a camera in which a strip of film moves past the lens, usually to give 16 or 24 exposures per second, thus enabling moving pictures to be taken
- cinemagoers — Plural form of cinemagoer.
- cinemascope — an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses
- cinematical — Of or pertaining to the cinema; cinematic.
- cinematized — Simple past tense and past participle of cinematize.
- circumlunar — around or revolving around the moon
- clackmannan — a town in E central Scotland, in Clackmannanshire. Pop: 3450 (2001)
- cleanlimbed — having shapely limbs
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- climatising — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climatizing — to acclimate to a new environment.
- clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
- clindamycin — an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- co-chairman — one of two or more joint chairmen.
- coal mining — the act, process, or industry of extracting coal from the earth
- coalignment — Alignment together.
- coati-mundi — coati
- codominance — Ecology. being one of two or more species that are equally dominant in a biotic community: a forest in which oak and hickory are codominant.
- coenenchyma — gelatinous material uniting the polyps of an anthozoan colony
- coenzymatic — of or relating to coenzymes
- coffee name — Your coffee name is a name that you give in some situations because it is simpler than your real name.
- cognominate — of or relating to a cognomen
- collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
- collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
- collimating — Present participle of collimate.
- collimation — to bring into line; make parallel.
- collunarium — a solution for application in the nose; nose drops.
- colonialism — Colonialism is the practice by which a powerful country directly controls less powerful countries and uses their resources to increase its own power and wealth.
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- combat zone — (in warfare) an area where fighting is taking place
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- combination — A combination of things is a mixture of them.
- combinative — resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together
- combinators — Plural form of combinator.
- combinatory — combinative
- come and go — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
- comicalness — The state or quality of being comical.