10-letter words containing m, c, i, n
- chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
- champaigne — Philippe de (filip də). 1602–74, French painter, born in Brussels: noted particularly for his portraits and historical and religious scenes
- champignon — any of various agaricaceous edible mushrooms, esp Marasmius oreades and the meadow mushroom
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- charmingly — In a charming manner.
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- chemicking — (of textiles) the process of bleaching
- chemokines — Plural form of chemokine.
- chiang mai — city in NW Thailand, on a headstream of the Chao Phraya: pop. 162,000
- chicanismo — pride in one's heritage as a Mexican-American.
- chilomonad — any of the colorless protozoalike algae of the genus Chilomonas (phylum Cryptophyta), chiefly saprozoic flagellates found in fresh waters that have become stagnant: popular in laboratory studies.
- chilomonas — a genus of flagellate algae comprising the chilomonads.
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chimpanzee — A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
- chin music — bowling or pitching aimed at the batsman or batter's head
- chipmunked — Simple past tense and past participle of chipmunk.
- chirognomy — the study of the hand in order to discern a person's nature or future events
- chiromancy — palmistry
- chironomer — a person who is skilled in chironomy
- chironomic — relating to chironomy
- chironomid — a member of the Chironomidae, a family of nonbiting midges
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- chromaffin — showing a brown colour when in the presence of chromic acid
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chronemics — The study of the communicative function of time.
- chumminess — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- cimetidine — a drug used to suppress the formation of acid by the stomach and so to encourage the healing of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Formula: C10H16-N6S
- cinchonism — a condition resulting from an excessive dose of cinchona bark or its alkaloids, characterized chiefly by headache, ringing in the ears, and vomiting
- cinemagoer — a person who attends the cinema
- cinematics — the art of making motion pictures; cinematography.
- cinematise — (transitive) To adapt (an event or story) for the cinema.
- cinematize — to adapt (a novel or play) for cinema
- cinerarium — a place for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation
- circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
- clambering — of or relating to plants that creep or climb like vines, but without benefit of tendrils.
- clamminess — covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp: clammy hands.
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- claymation — the techniques of animation applied to clay models
- cleggmania — the brief surge in popularity for the leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Nick Clegg, after a series of live televised debates preceding the 2010 British general election
- clemencies — Plural form of clemency.
- clement ii — (Suidger) died 1047, pope 1046–47.
- clement iv — (Guy Foulques) died 1268, French ecclesiastic: pope 1265–68.
- clement ix — (Giulio Rospigliosi) 1600–69, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1667–69.
- clement vi — (Pierre Roger) 1291–1352, French ecclesiastic: pope 1342–52.
- clement xi — (Giovanni Francesco Albani) 1649–1721, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1700–21.
- clementine — A clementine is a fruit that looks like a small orange.
- climb down — If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.