12-letter words containing m, a, n, e, r
- bench-warmer — a substitute who rarely gets to play in a game.
- benchmarking — In business, benchmarking is a process in which a company compares its products and methods with those of the most successful companies in its field, in order to try to improve its own performance.
- beurre manie — butterpaste.
- biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
- boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
- boomeranging — a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
- boxgrove man — a type of primitive man, probably Homo heidelbergensis, and probably dating from the Middle Palaeolithic period some 500 000 years ago; remains were found at Boxgrove in West Sussex in 1993 and 1995
- bradmanesque — (of a batsman or innings) reminiscent of Sir Don Bradman in terms of dominance over the opposing bowlers
- brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
- bromomethane — methyl bromide.
- bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- cackermander — a friend
- camera phone — A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.
- cameraperson — a camera operator
- camiknickers — women's knickers attached to a camisole top
- campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
- cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
- caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
- career woman — A career woman is a woman with a career who is interested in working and progressing in her job, rather than staying at home looking after the house and children.
- carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- central time — standard time or daylight saving time in the time zone which includes the central states of the U.S.
- centumvirate — the office of the centumviri
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
- chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- change-maker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
- chromonemata — a chromosome thread that is relatively uncoiled at early prophase but assumes a spiral form at metaphase.
- circumjacent — surrounding; lying around
- circumnutate — to rotate slightly on a central axis
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- clay mineral — any of a group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminium silicates: the major constituents of clays
- clean a room — If you clean a room, you make the inside of it and the furniture in it free from dirt and dust.
- clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- commandeered — Simple past tense and past participle of commandeer.
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval