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11-letter words containing a, m, e, t, r

  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • cambric tea — a hot drink of milk, sugar, and water or, often, weak tea
  • camel train — a series of camels tied in single file, used to transport goods or passengers
  • camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
  • campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
  • campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
  • camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
  • camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
  • canto fermo — a melody that is the basis to which other parts are added in polyphonic music
  • carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
  • cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
  • carminative — able to relieve flatulence
  • carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
  • carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
  • carpetmaker — One who manufactures carpets.
  • cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
  • cattle farm — a farm on which cattle are raised
  • cctv camera — a closed-circuit television camera
  • cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
  • centigramme — Alternative spelling of centigram.
  • centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
  • centrosomal — Of or pertaining to a centrosome or centrosomes.
  • ceramicists — Plural form of ceramicist.
  • chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
  • chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
  • chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
  • champerties — Plural form of champerty.
  • 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.
  • charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
  • choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
  • chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
  • chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
  • clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
  • climacteric — a critical event or period
  • combat gear — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
  • comisserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
  • commemorate — To commemorate an important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action, ceremony, or specially-created object.
  • commendator — a person who holds a commendam
  • commentator — A commentator is a broadcaster who gives a radio or television commentary on an event.
  • commiserate — If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to them.
  • comparative — You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places.
  • compartment — A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
  • compatriate — Misspelling of compatriot.
  • compensator — a person or thing that compensates
  • comportable — (obsolete) suitable; consistent.
  • comportance — comportment
  • computerate — If someone is computerate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer.
  • concamerate — To arch over; to vault.
  • connumerate — to count together
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