12-letter words containing y, a, m
- city academy — (in England and Wales) a type of secondary school funded partly by the government and partly by private finance
- city company — (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- clamourously — Archaic spelling of clamorously.
- class system — a system in which social status is largely determined by the family into which a person is born
- clay mineral — any of a group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminium silicates: the major constituents of clays
- climatically — of or relating to climate.
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- come-all-you — a street ballad, especially in England.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- commandingly — being in command: a commanding officer.
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commercially — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- communicably — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- companionway — A companionway is a staircase or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.
- company time — the regular hours during which employees are expected to work
- company town — a town built by a company for its employees
- 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.
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- compulsatory — compulsory
- concomitancy — concomitance.
- condemnatory — Condemnatory means expressing strong disapproval.
- confirmatory — confirming or tending to confirm
- conformality — (mathematics) The condition (of a map) of being conformal.
- consummately — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- consummatory — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- coomaraswamy — Ananda (Kentish). 1877–1947, Ceylonese art historian and interpreter of Indian culture to the West
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- coscinomancy — a form of divination involving the interpretation of the movement of a sieve suspended by shears
- cosmetically — a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- countrywoman — A countrywoman is a woman who lives in the country rather than in a city or a town.
- coxey's army — Jacob Sechler [sech-ler] /ˈsɛtʃ lər/ (Show IPA), 1854–1951, U.S. political reformer: led a group of unemployed marchers (Coxey's army) in 1894 from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to petition Congress for legislation to create jobs and relieve poverty.
- crape myrtle — an oriental lythraceous shrub, Lagerstroemia indica, cultivated in warm climates for its pink, red, or white flowers
- cream sherry — a full-bodied sweet sherry
- crumble away — disintegrate
- crymotherapy — cryotherapy.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- crystal form — a symmetrical set of planes in space, associated with a crystal, having the same symmetry as the crystal class
- crystal meth — crystal methamphetamine, a concentrated and highly potent form of methamphetamine with dangerous side effects