9-letter words containing am
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourer — One who clamours.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- clamshell — a dredging bucket that is hinged like the shell of a clam
- co durham — County Durham
- coal seam — a bed of coal.
- cobalamin — vitamin B12
- cockamamy — ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical: full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.
- code name — A code name is a name used for someone or something in order to keep their identity secret.
- code-name — to assign a code name to.
- codenamed — Simple past tense and past participle of codename.
- codenames — Plural form of codename.
- coenamour — to enamour jointly
- cofferdam — a watertight structure, usually of sheet piling, that encloses an area under water, pumped dry to enable construction work to be carried out. Below a certain depth a caisson is required
- commendam — the temporary holding of an ecclesiastical benefice
- con amore — (to be performed) lovingly
- coolamons — Plural form of coolamon.
- cosmorama — a lifelike display, using mirrors and lenses, which shows reflections of various views of parts of the world
- cothamore — a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.
- cram-full — stuffed full
- cramdowns — Plural form of cramdown.
- crammable — able to be crammed or stuffed full
- crampbark — a large deciduous shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the Caprifoliaceae family, native to Europe and eastern parts of North America
- crampfish — a ray of the order Torpediniformes with electric organs on either side of its head
- cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
- cream ice — ice cream.
- cream jug — a small jug for serving cream
- cream off — To cream off part of a group of people means to take them away and treat them in a special way, because they are better than the others.
- cream tea — In Britain, a cream tea is an afternoon meal that consists of tea to drink and small cakes called scones that are eaten with jam and cream. Cream teas are served in places such as tea shops.
- creamcups — a Californian papaveraceous plant, Platystemon californicus, with small cream-coloured or yellow flowers on long flower stalks
- creamiest — Superlative form of creamy.
- creamlaid — (of laid paper) cream-coloured and of a ribbed appearance
- creamlike — Resembling cream.
- creampuff — puff pastry filled with cream
- creamware — a type of earthenware with a deep cream body developed about 1720 and widely produced
- creamwove — (of wove paper) cream-coloured and even-surfaced
- crew pram — concurrent read, exclusive write PRAM.
- crossbeam — A crossbeam is a long, thick bar of wood, metal, or concrete that is placed between two walls or other structures, especially in order to support the roof of a building.
- crow pram — concurrent read, owner write PRAM.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- cyanamide — a white or colourless crystalline soluble weak dibasic acid, which can be hydrolysed to urea. Formula: H2NCN
- cyclamate — a salt or ester of cyclamic acid. Certain of the salts have a very sweet taste and were formerly used as food additives and sugar substitutes
- cyclamens — Plural form of cyclamen.
- cyclorama — a large picture, such as a battle scene, on the interior wall of a cylindrical room, designed to appear in natural perspective to a spectator in the centre
- cystogram — A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
- d'amboise — Jacques [French zhahk] /French ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), (Joseph) born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer.
- daisy ham — a boned and smoked piece of pork from the pig's shoulder
- damascene — to ornament (metal, esp steel) by etching or by inlaying, usually with gold or silver
- damaskeen — Alternative form of damascene.
- damasking — Present participle of damask.