12-letter words containing m, e, n, s
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- brine shrimp — any of a genus (Artemia) of small fairy shrimp found in salt lakes and marshes and used as living, frozen, or dried food in aquariums
- by all means — You can say 'by all means' to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something.
- by any means — in any way possible; at all; somehow
- cameraperson — a camera operator
- camiknickers — women's knickers attached to a camisole top
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
- cape jasmine — a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides
- cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
- cash machine — ATM1
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- cement steel — steel produced by the cementation of wrought iron or mild steel.
- cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.
- chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
- chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- chance music — aleatory music.
- charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- chastisement — Chastisement is the same as punishment.
- chastizement — Alternative form of chastisement.
- cheesemonger — a person dealing in cheese, butter, etc
- chemokinesis — the random movement of cells, such as leucocytes, stimulated by substances in their environment
- chemosensory — sensitive to chemical stimuli, as the sensory nerve endings that mediate taste and smell.
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- chondriosome — mitochondrion
- chronometers — Plural form of chronometer.
- chronosystem — A pattern of events and transitions over the course of a person's life.
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- code segment — (memory) (Intel 8086 CS) The area of memory containing the machine code instructions of a program. The code segment of a program may be shared between multiple processes running that code so long as none of them tries to modify it. Initialised data is located in the data segment.
- collembolans — Plural form of collembolan.
- column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
- come unstuck — If something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- comeuppances — Plural form of comeuppance.
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commandments — a command or mandate.
- commensalism — a close association or union between two kinds of organisms, in which one is benefited by the relationship and the other is neither benefited nor harmed
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commensurate — If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.
- commentaries — Plural form of commentary.
- commentators — Plural form of commentator.
- commissioned — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- commissioner — A commissioner is an important official in a government department or other organization.
- common pleas — in some U.S. states, a court having general and original jurisdiction over civil and criminal trials