10-letter words containing m, r
- camarasaur — a plant-eating sauropod dinosaur of the genus Camarasaurus and closely related genera, having a small head, long neck, and short forelimbs, and reaching a length of 40 feet (12.2 meters); until 1981 the type specimen of Brontosaurus excelcus was wrongly reconstructed with a Camarasaurus skull.
- camarillas — Plural form of camarilla.
- camberwell — a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Southwark.
- camcorders — Plural form of camcorder.
- camel hair — the hair of the camel, used especially for cloth, painters' brushes, and Oriental rugs.
- camel-hair — A camel-hair coat is made of a kind of soft, thick woollen cloth, usually creamy-brown in colour.
- camelopard — giraffe
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- cameo ware — jasper ware with applied decoration of classical motifs, resembling a cameo
- camera-shy — Someone who is camera-shy is nervous and uncomfortable about being filmed or about having their photograph taken.
- cameralism — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameration — vaulting
- camerawork — The camerawork in a film is the way it has been filmed, especially if the style is interesting or unusual in some way.
- camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
- camorrista — a member of a camorra
- camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
- camp chair — a lightweight folding chair
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.
- campaigner — A campaigner is a person who campaigns for social or political change.
- campanular — shaped like a bell
- camper van — A camper van is a van which is equipped with beds and cooking equipment so that you can live, cook, and sleep in it.
- campership — financial aid given to a needy youngster to attend summer camp.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- camphorate — to apply, treat with, or impregnate with camphor
- campimeter — an instrument for determining the visual field.
- campimetry — a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field
- cancriform — shaped like a crab
- cankerworm — the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America
- cant frame — any of several frames bracketed aft of the transom of a ship and inclined slightly to the fore-and-aft direction.
- caporegime — the second in command to a capo; Mafia lieutenant.
- capsomeres — Plural form of capsomere.
- car bomber — someone who hides a bomb under or in a car
- caramanlis — Konstantinos [kawn-stahn-dee-naws] /ˌkɔn stɑnˈdi nɔs/ (Show IPA), 1907–98, Greek politician: prime minister 1955–63, 1974–80; president 1980–85, 1990–95.
- carambolas — Plural form of carambola.
- caramelise — (cooking) To convert sugar into caramel.
- caramelize — If sugar caramelizes, it turns to caramel as a result of being heated.
- carbapenem — (organic compound) Any of a class of broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotics that are resistant to enzymatic hydrolysis.
- carchemish — an ancient city in Syria on the Euphrates, lying on major trade routes; site of a victory of the Babylonians over the Egyptians (605 bc)
- carcinomas — Plural form of carcinoma.
- cardiogram — electrocardiogram
- cardiotomy — (surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
- cardmember — a person authorized to use a particular credit card.
- carmagnole — a dance and song popular during the French Revolution
- carmarthen — a market town in S Wales, the administrative centre of Carmarthenshire: Norman castle. Pop: 14 648 (2001)
- carmichael — Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929)
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- carom ball — the ball struck by the cue ball in rebounding off the object ball. Compare object ball (def 1).
- carpe diem — enjoy the pleasures of the moment, without concern for the future