11-letter words containing u, m, a
- businessman — A businessman is a man who works in business.
- bust a move — go, leave
- butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
- buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
- cactus moth — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, native to South America and introduced into Australia to control prickly pear cactus, on which the larvae feed.
- cadmium red — a pigment used in painting, consisting of the sulfide and the selinide of cadmium, characterized by its strong red or reddish color, excellent film-forming properties, and slow drying rate.
- cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
- cake makeup — face makeup in the form of a cake, usually applied with a damp sponge.
- californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
- call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
- callimachus — late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
- calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
- calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
- camouflaged — concealed or disguised
- camouflages — Plural form of camouflage.
- camouflagic — relating to camouflage
- campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- capillitium — a mass of very fine threads interspersed among the spores of certain fungi
- capital sum — an amount of money paid to an insured person or paid as an initial fee or investment
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
- carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- casual game — A casual game is a simple video game that is easy to play.
- catadromous — (of fishes such as the eel) migrating down rivers to the sea in order to breed
- catechumens — Plural form of catechumen.
- cattywampus — catawampus
- caudillismo — a political system organized under the rule of a caudillo
- chalcidicum — an annex of an ancient Roman basilica.
- chamber mug — a chamber pot.
- 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.
- charm quark — charmed quark
- chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
- chaulmoogra — a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
- chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- chickamauga — creek in NW Ga.: site of a Civil War battle (Sept., 1863) in which Confederate forces routed the Union army
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
- chum salmon — a large salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) with pale flesh, found in the N Pacific
- church army — a voluntary Anglican organization founded in 1882 to assist the parish clergy
- churchwoman — a female practising member of a church
- circumbasal — surrounding the base.
- circumlunar — around or revolving around the moon
- circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
- circumsolar — surrounding or rotating around the sun