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11-letter words containing m, o, c

  • chamber pop — pop music that incorporates orchestral arrangements
  • chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
  • chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
  • chameleonic — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
  • champignons — Plural form of champignon.
  • championess — a female champion
  • championing — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
  • champollion — Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
  • charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
  • chasmogamic — relating or pertaining to chasmogamy
  • chaulmoogra — a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
  • cheap money — money lent at a low rate of interest
  • chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
  • chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
  • chemoreflex — a reflex caused by a chemical stimulus.
  • chemosensor — A cell in a sense organ that can convert a chemical stimulus into some form of action.
  • chemosmosis — chemical action between substances that are separated by a semipermeable membrane
  • chemosphere — an atmospheric zone about 19 to 80 km (11.8 to 49.7 mi) above the earth's surface, in which photochemical reactions take place
  • chemotactic — oriented movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
  • chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
  • cheremkhovo — a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, near Lake Baikal.
  • chernozemic — of or relating to a chernozem
  • cherry bomb — a powerful firecracker that is shaped like a cherry
  • chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • chimney pot — A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.
  • chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
  • chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
  • chironomids — Plural form of chironomid.
  • chittamwood — American smoke tree.
  • chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
  • chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
  • chlorimeter — a device used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
  • chol hamoed — the middle days of the festivals of Passover and Sukkoth, on which necessary work is permitted
  • chomo lhari — a peak on the Bhutan-Tibet border, in the Himalaya Mountains: sacred to Tibetans. 23,997 feet (7314 meters).
  • choreodrama — dance drama performed by a group
  • chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
  • chrismatory — a small receptacle containing the three kinds of consecrated oil used in the sacraments
  • christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
  • christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
  • chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
  • chromatinic — Of or pertaining to chromatin.
  • chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
  • chrome dome — a baldheaded person.
  • chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
  • chrome-dome — a baldheaded person.
  • chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
  • chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
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