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11-letter words that end in m

  • branchiform — shaped like a gill.
  • breast beam — a horizontal bar, located at the front of a loom, over which the woven material is passed on its way to the cloth roll.
  • british gum — dextrin.
  • brush broom — Northeastern U.S. a whisk broom.
  • bryophyllum — a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae with the ability to produce plantlets on their leaves or floral stems
  • butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
  • buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
  • byzantinism — caesaropapism, especially before the Great Schism of 1054.
  • cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
  • cable modem — (communications, hardware)   A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
  • caddis worm — the wormlike larva of the caddis fly that usually lives in fresh water in an elongated case made of twigs, grains of sand, etc. cemented together with silk that it secretes: commonly used as bait by anglers
  • calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
  • calcariform — shaped like a calcar
  • calico clam — any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Macrocallista, especially M. nimbosa, having a smooth, thick, rounded shell marked with violet-brown or lilac spots or streaks.
  • californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
  • campaniform — shaped like a bell
  • campbellism — the practices and principles of the Disciples of Christ.
  • canadianism — the Canadian national character or spirit
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • cannibalism — If a group of people practise cannibalism, they eat the flesh of other people.
  • cannot seem — If you say that you cannot seem or could not seem to do something, you mean that you have tried to do it and were unable to.
  • capilliform — Having the form of a hair.
  • capillitium — a mass of very fine threads interspersed among the spores of certain fungi
  • capital sum — an amount of money paid to an insured person or paid as an initial fee or investment
  • caprolactam — a white crystalline cyclic imine used in the manufacture of nylon. Formula: C5H10NHCO
  • carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
  • cardiospasm — failure of the muscle fibers at the lower end of the esophagus to relax, resulting in swallowing difficulty and regurgitation.
  • carnivorism — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
  • carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
  • case system — a system followed by some languages, in which a set of grammatical categories, sometimes marked by inflection, indicates the relation of the noun, adjective, or pronoun to other words in the sentence
  • catholicism — Catholicism is the traditions, the behaviour, and the set of Christian beliefs that are held by Catholics.
  • cattle farm — a farm on which cattle are raised
  • cavalierism — the principles or practice of cavaliers
  • cephalogram — An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
  • cerebralism — the theory that physical phenomena arise from the action of the brain
  • cerebriform — resembling the brain in texture or structure
  • cgi program — Common Gateway Interface
  • chalcidicum — an annex of an ancient Roman basilica.
  • charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
  • charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
  • chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
  • cherry plum — a small widely planted Asian rosaceous tree, Prunus cerasifera, with white flowers and red or yellow cherry-like fruit
  • chewing gum — Chewing gum is a kind of sweet that you can chew for a long time. You do not swallow it.
  • christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
  • christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
  • chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
  • chromoplasm — chromatin.
  • clericalism — a policy of upholding the power of the clergy
  • clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
  • clicktivism — a policy of using the internet to take direct and often militant action to achieve a political or social aim
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