12-letter words containing n, a, m, e, o
- boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
- boomeranging — a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
- box magazine — a rectangular cartridge holder in a submachine or light machine gun.
- boxgrove man — a type of primitive man, probably Homo heidelbergensis, and probably dating from the Middle Palaeolithic period some 500 000 years ago; remains were found at Boxgrove in West Sussex in 1993 and 1995
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
- bromomethane — methyl bromide.
- bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
- cacodaemonic — Daemonic.
- call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
- camera phone — A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.
- cameraperson — a camera operator
- campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
- canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
- cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
- career woman — A career woman is a woman with a career who is interested in working and progressing in her job, rather than staying at home looking after the house and children.
- carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
- cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.
- chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
- chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
- chromonemata — a chromosome thread that is relatively uncoiled at early prophase but assumes a spiral form at metaphase.
- cinema-going — regularly attending the cinema
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- clean a room — If you clean a room, you make the inside of it and the furniture in it free from dirt and dust.
- cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
- clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- coin machine — slot machine (def 2).
- collembolans — Plural form of collembolan.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- come to hand — to become available; be received
- comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- comeuppances — Plural form of comeuppance.
- command line — typed instructions that access a computer system
- commandeered — Simple past tense and past participle of commandeer.
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commandments — a command or mandate.
- commendation — the act or an instance of commending; praise
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval
- commensalism — a close association or union between two kinds of organisms, in which one is benefited by the relationship and the other is neither benefited nor harmed
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commensurate — If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.
- commentarial — a series of comments, explanations, or annotations: a commentary on the Bible; news followed by a commentary.