10-letter words containing am
- cream pail — an open bowl of silver having a ladle or spoon for serving cream.
- cream puff — a shell of light pastry with a custard or cream filling
- cream soda — a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla
- creameries — Plural form of creamery.
- creaminess — containing cream.
- creampuffs — Plural form of creampuff.
- crossbeams — Plural form of crossbeam.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- cyclamates — Plural form of cyclamate.
- cyclic amp — cyclic adenosine monophosphate: a constituent of biological cells, responsible for triggering processes that are dependent on hormones
- cycloramas — Plural form of cyclorama.
- cycloramic — a pictorial representation, in perspective, of a landscape, battle, etc., on the inner wall of a cylindrical room or hall, viewed by spectators occupying a position in the center.
- cysteamine — a drug used to treat cystine excretion or radiation sickness
- cystograms — Plural form of cystogram.
- dalai lama — (until 1959) the chief lama and ruler of Tibet
- damageable — injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
- damagingly — In a damaging manner.
- damaraland — a plateau region of central Namibia, the traditional homeland of the Damara people
- damasceene — to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns
- damascened — of or relating to the city of Damascus.
- damascenes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damascene.
- damascenus — Johannes [joh-han-eez,, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), John of Damascus, Saint.
- damasus ii — died 1048, pope 1048.
- daminozide — a plant-growth retardant, C 6 H 12 N 2 O 3 , used commercially on apples.
- damnations — Plural form of damnation.
- damnyankee — (in the southern U.S.) a person native to the northern states of the U.S., especially one who is disliked or regarded with suspicion.
- damoiselle — a damsel
- damp squib — You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.
- damp-proof — to protect against the incursion of damp by adding a dampcourse or by coating with a moisture-resistant preparation
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- damsel bug — any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants
- damselfish — any small tropical percoid fish of the family Pomacentridae, having a brightly coloured deep compressed body
- damson jam — jam made from the fruit of the damson tree
- data frame — activation record
- datamation — the processing of data by computers
- date stamp — an adjustable rubber stamp for recording the date
- date-stamp — to stamp the date on, as with a date stamp: He date-stamped every letter received.
- daydreamed — Simple past tense and past participle of daydream.
- daydreamer — a reverie indulged in while awake.
- deaminases — Plural form of deaminase.
- deaminated — Simple past tense and past participle of deaminate.
- deaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deaminate.
- death camp — A death camp is a place where prisoners are kept, especially during a war, and where many of them die or are killed.
- deathcamas — any of various plants (genus Zigadenus) of the lily family, with grasslike basal leaves and clusters of greenish or white flowers: often poisonous to sheep
- decagramme — ten grammes
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- decameters — Plural form of decameter.