10-letter words containing m, c, a
- coxcomical — Alternative form of coxcombical.
- cramp ball — a hard round blackish ascomycetous fungus, Daldinia concentrica, characteristically found on the bark of ash trees and formerly carried to ward off cramp. The specific name refers to the concentric rings revealed if the fungus is sliced
- cramp iron — a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery
- crash team — a medical team with special equipment able to be mobilized quickly to treat cardiac arrest
- cream cake — a cake containing a filling of cream
- cream pail — an open bowl of silver having a ladle or spoon for serving cream.
- cream puff — a shell of light pastry with a custard or cream filling
- cream soda — a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla
- creameries — Plural form of creamery.
- creaminess — containing cream.
- creampuffs — Plural form of creampuff.
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- crematoria — a crematory.
- crime wave — When more crimes than usual are committed in a particular place, you can refer to this as a crime wave.
- criminally — In a criminal manner.
- cro magnon — an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm).
- cro-magnon — belonging to a prehistoric, Caucasoid type of human who lived on the European continent, distinguished by tallness and erect stature, and by the use of stone and bone implements, principally of Aurignacian culture
- crocosmias — Plural form of crocosmia.
- crossbeams — Plural form of crossbeam.
- crossclaim — a secondary claim brought by a defendant in a lawsuit on a co-defendant
- crossmatch — (pathology) To test that the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- cub master — a man who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- culminated — Simple past tense and past participle of culminate.
- culminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate.
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cumulating — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- cumulation — the act of cumulating; accumulation.
- cumulative — If a series of events have a cumulative effect, each event makes the effect greater.
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- curly palm — a feather palm, Howea belmoreana, of Lord Howe Island, having plumy leaves about 7 feet (2.1 meter) long.
- curtmantle — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- custom car — a car that is built to the buyer's own specifications
- customable — subject to customs
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cyclamates — Plural form of cyclamate.
- cyclic amp — cyclic adenosine monophosphate: a constituent of biological cells, responsible for triggering processes that are dependent on hormones
- cyclomatic — (mathematics) Used to describe the number of edges that must be removed from a graph to ensure that no graph cycle remains; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus one.
- cycloramas — Plural form of cyclorama.
- cycloramic — a pictorial representation, in perspective, of a landscape, battle, etc., on the inner wall of a cylindrical room or hall, viewed by spectators occupying a position in the center.
- cyma recta — a cyma whose concave part projects beyond the convex part.
- cysteamine — a drug used to treat cystine excretion or radiation sickness
- cystograms — Plural form of cystogram.
- cytoplasms — Plural form of cytoplasm.
- daemonical — Of or relating to daemons; diabolical.
- damasceene — to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns