6-letter words containing m, i
- ccmail — It's written cc:mail.
- cerium — a malleable ductile steel-grey element of the lanthanide series of metals, used in lighter flints and as a reducing agent in metallurgy. Symbol: Ce; atomic no: 58; atomic wt: 140.115; valency: 3 or 4; relative density: 6.770; melting pt: 798°C; boiling pt: 3443°C
- cesium — a soft, silver-white, ductile, metallic chemical element, one of the alkali metals and the most electropositive of all the elements: it ignites in air, reacts vigorously with water, and is used in photoelectric cells: symbol, Cs; at. no., 55: a radioactive isotope (cesium-137) with a half-life of 30.17 years is a fission product and is used in cancer research, radiation therapy, etc.
- chemic — to bleach
- chiasm — chiasma (sense 1) chiasma (sense 2)
- chicom — Slang: Disparaging.. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Communist Chinese.
- chimar — chimere
- chimed — an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
- chimer — an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
- chimes — Plural form of chime.
- chimps — Plural form of chimp.
- chrism — a mixture of olive oil and balsam used for sacramental anointing in the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches
- chymic — chemistry.
- cilium — any of the short thread-like projections on the surface of a cell, organism, etc, whose rhythmic beating causes movement of the organism or of the surrounding fluid
- cimbal — (obsolete) A kind of confectionery or cake.
- cimbri — a Germanic people from N Jutland who migrated southwards in the 2nd century bc: annihilated by Marius in the Po valley (101 bc)
- cimier — the crest of a helmet
- cinema — A cinema is a place where people go to watch films for entertainment.
- civism — good citizenship
- claime — Obsolete spelling of claim.
- claims — Plural form of claim.
- climax — The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
- climbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of climb.
- climes — Plural form of clime.
- cnemis — the shin or tibia
- colima — a state of SW Mexico, on the Pacific coast: mainly a coastal plain, rising to the foothills of the Sierra Madre, with important mineral resources. Capital: Colima. Pop: 238 000 (2005 est). Area: 5455 sq km (2106 sq miles)
- comfit — a sugar-coated sweet containing a nut or seed
- comice — a type of pear originally cultivated in France
- comics — Plural form of comic.
- coming — A coming event or time is an event or time that will happen soon.
- comino — The smallest of the three main islands of Malta.
- comint — the gathering of political or military intelligence by interception of wire or radio communications.
- comity — mutual civility; courtesy
- commie — A commie is the same as a communist.
- commis — an agent or deputy
- commit — If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
- commix — to mix together; blend
- conima — a gum resin obtained from hemlock Conium maculatum
- conium — either of the two N temperate plants of the umbelliferous genus Conium, esp hemlock
- corium — the deep inner layer of the skin, beneath the epidermis, containing connective tissue, blood vessels, and fat
- cosimo — Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- cosmic — Cosmic means occurring in, or coming from, the part of space that lies outside Earth and its atmosphere.
- cosmid — a large plasmid that is used as a cloning vector and is able to clone large segments of DNA
- crimea — a peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, disputed between Ukraine and Russia: a former autonomous republic of the Soviet Union (1921–54); part of the Ukrainian SSR from (1954–1991); an autonomous republic of independent Ukraine (1991–2014); annexation by Russia in 2014 not recognized internationally. Capital: Simferopol. Pop: 1 966 801 (2014 est)
- crimen — a crime
- crimes — Plural form of crime.
- crimps — Plural form of crimp.
- crimpy — having small folds or waves; curly
- crinum — any plant of the mostly tropical amaryllidaceous genus Crinum, having straplike leaves and clusters of lily-like flowers
- cubism — Cubism is a style of art, begun in the early twentieth century, in which objects are represented as if they could be seen from several different positions at the same time, using many lines and geometric shapes.