12-letter words containing s, i, m, e
- chance music — aleatory music.
- characterism — the description of character
- charismatize — to impress or influence by charisma.
- charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- chastisement — Chastisement is the same as punishment.
- chastizement — Alternative form of chastisement.
- chemiosmosis — the mechanism by which the synthesis and utilization of the biochemical energy source ATP is regulated: the energy generated by oxidative phosphorylation generates a proton gradient across the membrane of the mitochondrion that drives the enzymic resynthesis of ATP
- chemiosmotic — relating to the process of chemiosmosis
- chemokinesis — the random movement of cells, such as leucocytes, stimulated by substances in their environment
- chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- choirmasters — Plural form of choirmaster.
- chondriosome — mitochondrion
- chrematistic — of, denoting, or relating to money-making
- chromiferous — Containing, or yielding chromium.
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- circumflexes — Plural form of circumflex.
- circumfusile — able to be diffused or poured around
- circumscribe — If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
- clickstreams — Plural form of clickstream.
- climacterics — Plural form of climacteric.
- closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
- collectivism — Collectivism is the political belief that a country's industries and services should be owned and controlled by the state or by all the people in a country. Socialism and communism are both forms of collectivism.
- collegialism — the theory that the church's highest authority is its collective membership
- colorimeters — Plural form of colorimeter.
- combustibles — Plural form of combustible.
- comma splice — comma fault.
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- 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.
- commentaries — Plural form of commentary.
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- 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.
- commissaries — Plural form of commissary.
- 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.
- commoditised — Simple past tense and past participle of commoditise.
- common snipe — a bird, Gallinago gallinago, of marshes and river banks, having a long straight bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
- commonalties — Plural form of commonalty.
- 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
- communicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communicate.
- comparatives — Plural form of comparative.
- compassioned — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.