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11-letter words containing m, a, i, l

  • callimachus — late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
  • calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
  • calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
  • calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
  • camel train — a series of camels tied in single file, used to transport goods or passengers
  • camino real — a main road; highway.
  • camouflagic — relating to camouflage
  • campbellism — the practices and principles of the Disciples of Christ.
  • campbellite — a member of the Disciples of Christ.
  • camphor oil — a colorless liquid obtained from the wood of the camphor tree by distillation and separation from the solid camphor, used in varnish, soaps, and shoe polish, and in medicine chiefly as a rubefacient.
  • cannibalism — If a group of people practise cannibalism, they eat the flesh of other people.
  • capilliform — Having the form of a hair.
  • capillitium — a mass of very fine threads interspersed among the spores of certain fungi
  • capital sum — an amount of money paid to an insured person or paid as an initial fee or investment
  • caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
  • caramelized — Simple past tense and past participle of caramelize.
  • caramelizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caramelize.
  • carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
  • carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
  • catabolisms — Plural form of catabolism.
  • cataclasmic — causing upheaval; disruptive
  • cataclysmic — A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way.
  • catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
  • catholicism — Catholicism is the traditions, the behaviour, and the set of Christian beliefs that are held by Catholics.
  • caudillismo — a political system organized under the rule of a caudillo
  • cavalierism — the principles or practice of cavaliers
  • cerebralism — the theory that physical phenomena arise from the action of the brain
  • ceremonials — Plural form of ceremonial.
  • chalcidicum — an annex of an ancient Roman basilica.
  • chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
  • chameleonic — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • champollion — Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
  • chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
  • chomo lhari — a peak on the Bhutan-Tibet border, in the Himalaya Mountains: sacred to Tibetans. 23,997 feet (7314 meters).
  • cinematical — Of or pertaining to the cinema; cinematic.
  • circumbasal — surrounding the base.
  • circumlunar — around or revolving around the moon
  • circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
  • circumsolar — surrounding or rotating around the sun
  • clamatorial — of or relating to the American flycatchers (family Tyrannidae)
  • clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
  • classicisms — Plural form of classicism.
  • cleanlimbed — having shapely limbs
  • cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
  • cleptomania — kleptomania
  • clericalism — a policy of upholding the power of the clergy
  • clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
  • climacteric — a critical event or period
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