12-letter words containing m, e, r, t
- clitorectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision.
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- clotrimazole — An antifungal medication used to treat humans and animals.
- cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- colorimeters — Plural form of colorimeter.
- colorimetric — a device that analyzes color by measuring a given color in terms of a standard color, a scale of colors, or certain primary colors.
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- come out for — to announce one's approval of; endorse
- come through — To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it.
- come to rest — When an object that has been moving comes to rest, it finally stops.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- comfort zone — a situation or position in which a person feels secure, comfortable, or in control
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- commemorated — Simple past tense and past participle of commemorate.
- commemorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commemorate.
- commemorator — A person who commemorates something.
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval
- commensurate — If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.
- commentarial — a series of comments, explanations, or annotations: a commentary on the Bible; news followed by a commentary.
- commentariat — the journalists and broadcasters who analyse and comment on current affairs
- commentaries — Plural form of commentary.
- commentators — Plural form of commentator.
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- commiserates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commiserate.
- commiserator — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- common metre — a stanza form, used esp for hymns, consisting of four lines, two of eight syllables alternating with two of six
- commorientes — people whose deaths are so close to each other (being caused by the same calamity) that it is not possible to determine who died first. It is assumed that the elder person died first
- commuter tax — an income tax imposed by a locality on those who work within its boundaries but reside elsewhere.
- comparatives — Plural form of comparative.
- compartments — Plural form of compartment.
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- complementer — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
- complimenter — a person who compliments
- comportments — Plural form of comportment.
- compte rendu — a short review or notice, esp of a book
- comptrollers — Plural form of comptroller.
- computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
- computer bus — bus
- computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
- computer sex — (jargon) Two computers interfaced with each other.
- computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- computerized — A computerized system, process, or business is one in which the work is done by computer.
- computerizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize.
- computerless — having no computer
- computerlike — similar to a computer
- concamerated — Simple past tense and past participle of concamerate.
- concernments — Plural form of concernment.
- concremation — the cremation of multiple things or people at the same time, esp suttee