8-letter words containing m, a, c
- atticism — the idiom or character of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek, esp in the Hellenistic period
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- azotemic — the accumulation of abnormally large amounts of nitrogenous waste products in the blood, as in uremic poisoning.
- back emf — an electromagnetic force appearing in an inductive circuit in such a direction as to oppose any change of current in the circuit
- backcomb — to comb the under layers of (the hair) towards the roots to give more bulk to a hairstyle
- backmost — furthest back
- backroom — A backroom is a room that is situated at the back of a building, especially a private room.
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- bacronym — Alternative spelling of backronym.
- balsamic — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- basecamp — Alternative spelling of base camp.
- becalmed — If a sailing ship is becalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind.
- bechamel — a basic white sauce made of milk, butter, flour, and, sometimes, cream
- beckmann — Ernst Otto (ɛrnst ˈɔːto). 1853–1923, German chemist: devised the Beckmann thermometer, used for measuring small temperature changes in liquids
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- benchman — a person whose job requires sitting at a workbench: The TV repair shop employs five benchmen.
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bismarck — a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)
- blackgum — Nyssa sylvatica, a deciduous tree of the genus Nyssa native to North America
- blackmun — Harry Andrew1908-99; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1970-94)
- blackmur — R(ichard) P(almer) 1904–65, U.S. critic and poet.
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- bromance — A bromance is a close but not sexual relationship between two men.
- bulimiac — pertaining to, resembling, or affected by bulimia.
- cabalism — a mystical philosophical doctrine based on the doctrines of the cabala
- cacomixl — The ring-tailed civet cat, Bassaris astuta.
- caconymy — the practice of coining caconyms
- cadreman — an officer or enlisted person in a military cadre.
- caffeism — a morbid condition caused by excessive caffeine intake
- caimacam — a Turkish governor of a sanjak
- cake mix — Cake mix is a powder that you mix with eggs and water or milk to make a cake. You bake the mixture in the oven.
- caladium — any of various tropical plants of the aroid genus Caladium, which are widely cultivated as potted plants for their colourful variegated foliage
- calakmul — a ruined Mayan city in SE Mexico.
- calamari — Calamari is squid that has been prepared for eating, usually by cutting it into rings, dipping it in a mixture of flour, milk and eggs, and frying it.
- calamary — a squid: so called from its pen-shaped skeleton
- calamine — Calamine is a liquid that you can put on your skin when it is sore or itchy.
- calamint — any aromatic Eurasian plant of the genus Satureja (or Calamintha), having clusters of purple or pink flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- calamite — any extinct treelike plant of the genus Calamites, of Carboniferous times, related to the horsetails
- calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
- callosum — (anatomy) corpus callosum.
- calltime — time available for making calls on a mobile phone
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- cam gear — a gear not centered on the shaft, used where discontinuous action is required
- cam ranh — a port in SE Vietnam: large natural harbour, used at times as a naval base by French, Japanese, US, and Russian forces successively. Pop: 147 000 (2006 est)
- cam-pier — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- camaguey — a city in E central Cuba. Pop: 320 000 (2005 est)
- camassia — Any of the genus Camassia of flowering plants, the camases.
- cambered — Having camber.
- cambiata — a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a skip, usually of a third above or below, and progressing by a step.