12-Letter Words Containing C

Melancholy

Emotionally overblown (in theatre)

Exaggerated - over-emotional

Exaggerated, over-emotional

In a lying manner

Mendicancy

""Pl. meningococci (-k k s , -k ) A bacterium (Neisseria meningitidis) that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.""

""MERCANTILE Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.""

""MERCANTILE Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.""

Charmed Denis (anagram)

A trader.

Merchandise

MERCHANDIZE

Merchandize

Two kinds of seaman like hot cakes (wordplay)

MERCIFUL full of mercy

Mercuration

Courier-Times (anagram) - tacky

Superficially attractive but worthless

MERISTEM formative plant tissue

MERISTIC made up of segments

""Of or pertaining to meritocracy; as, meritocratic society.as, meritocratic society.""

Mesalliance

English word

Mesmerical

Mesocyclone

""Pl. mesothoraxes or mesothoraces (-thôr -s z , -th r -) The middle of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the middle pair of legs and the first pair of wings.""

Of or pertaining to the mesothorax.

Metacentric

English word

Metafiction

Adjective (-ic)

Iron Lady confused new pound for old penny according to their content

Like a figure of speech

Symbolic of something else

Figurative

A cheat simply becomes abstruse

Very abstract.

Of or pertaining to metathesis.

""Pl. metathoraxes or metathoraces (-thôr -s z , -th r -) The hindmost of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings.""

Of or pertaining to the metathorax.

""Pl. metencephala (-l ) The anterior part of the embryonic hindbrain, which gives rise to the cerebellum and pons.""

METEORIC resembling a {meteor=n}

METEORITIC

Of the study of weather

METHACRYLATE

Methicillin

Methodical

""A white crystalline compound, Cl 3 CCH(C 6 H 4 OCH 3 ) 2 , used as an insecticide.""

Strict attention to minute details; the quality of being meticulous.

Meticulous

Metrication

Of or pertaining to metrology.

METRONOMIC

Microampere

Pl. microanalyses (-s z ) The chemical identification and analysis of extremely small quantities of matter.

Histology.

""A balance designed to weigh very small loads, up to 0.1 gram.""

""The branch of biology studying minute organisms, or microbes, such as the bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa.""

MICROBREWER microbrew

Small beer producer

Independently owned suds producer (and the suds in question)

Microbrew

""A small, sometimes microscopic capsule designed to release its contents when broken by pressure, dissolved, or melted.""

MICROCEPHAL

Chip component

Computer component with extremely small perimeter

Weather conditions in a local area

Distinct conditions of small area

Weather of a small area

Having a crystalline structure visible only under a microscope.

""Biology A small-scale culture of organisms, cells, or tissues.""

A trace element.

Microfibril

The minute larval form of a filarial worm [n -RIAE] : MICROFILARIAL

MICROFILMER microfilm

Microfilm

Microfossil

Microgamete

Micrograph

Of or pertaining to micrography.

""A condition in which there is very little net gravitational force, as of a free-falling object, an orbit, or interstellar space.""

Microgroove

""A very small, specialized habitat, such as a clump of grass or a space between rocks.""

Microinject

Had problems with one's delegation (wordplay)

MICROMANAGE

Micromanage

Micromethod

Pl. micronuclei (-kl - ) or micronucleuses The smaller of two nuclei in ciliate protozoans that contains genetic material and functions in reproduction.

""The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone.""

""(used with a sing. verb) The physics of molecular, atomic, nuclear, and subnuclear systems.""

A very small pipette used in microinjection.

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a sequence of microinstructions that controls the operation of an arithmetic and logic unit so that machine code instructions are executed

Microreader

Microscopy

""One skilled in, or given to, microscopy.""

Won't take long as half the microwaves have been used before

Copy, including rewritten score, is of a small movement

Microsphere

""MICROSPORE One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore. Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore.""

Grimy scourer (anagram)

Small cuts to be made in this theatrical performance (wordplay)

Medical intervention a conflation of mercy and rigours (wordplay)

Adjective (-ic)

Microtonal

""Any of the proteinaceous cylindrical hollow structures that are distributed throughout the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, providing structural support and assisting in cellular locomotion and transport.""

Microtubule

Adjective (-ous)

MICROWAVE

Micturition

Warlike

Millimicron

Small units of time

Electronic development of the 1960's

Small digital electronic device

Laptop, for example

Magically

Misalliance

ALLOCATED allocate

Misallocate

Having a dislike of humankind

Disliking all mankind

Right! I can stop him, with manipulation, having a hatred of mankind

BALANCING balance

What a bad summer will do (wordplay)

Judge incorrectly

Miscaption

Miscarriage

Miscatalog

Miscellany

A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian.

Mischannel

Miscitation

COMPUTING compute

CONCEIVED conceive

One who misconceives.

Misconceive

Misconduct

Misconnect

Interpreted wrongly

Strange documents sir interpreted wrongly

Consider smut could have been taken the wrong way

Misconstrue

Miscreation

DESCRIBED describe

Misdescribe

Misdirect

Leading astray (of jury)

EDUCATING educate

""EDUCATION The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.""

Misericorde

Misfeasance

Misfocus

Misfunction

Misguidance

Mislocation

Woman-hating

PACKAGING package

PERCEIVED perceive

Misperceive

""The act of misplacing, or the state of being misplaced.""

Say "cachet" as "ca-CHET," say

Say wrongly

Timid people, covering second part of speech, don't sound right

An erroneous computation.

Misrecord

""REFERENCE The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for quidance. as, reference to a chart for quidance.""

Structures in cells that produce energy

In cell cytoplasm, organelles which store and release energy

MITOGENIC

Mnemonical

Mockingbird

Change made by Michael Butor

Change made

Adjustment

An agent that kills mollusks.

Overprotected

Pampered

Cosseted

MOLLYCODDLE a pampered darling; an effeminate man; a milksop.

Polly punishes while...

Polly punishes while ...

Babies.

In a monastic manner.

Monasticism

Monochromat

Male choir on Tom's round as B/W photographer (wordplay)

Monocrystal

MONOCULTURE

Monoculture

Pertaining to a monodrama.

Obsessed with one thing

SINGLE-MINDED

Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.

Mononuclear

MONONUCLEATE

""Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin. polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.""

Likely to control a market

MONORCHID

Adjective (-ic)

It is, although isn't

Using only words like yes and no

Like John, Paul, or George, but not Ringo, speaking briefly (wordplay)

Having one neural synapse.

Judeo-Christian, for example

MONOTONIC

Form ()

A person who is deemed to be worthless or despicable; -- obscene and highly offensive.

""The act of riding by motorcycle, a two-wheeled motor vehicle""

Harley-Davidson or Indian rider

Member of the Harley Owners Group

One roars along on two wheels

""Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid. as, a mucilaginous liquid.""

Mucopeptide

Mucoprotein

Word with prefix multi-

Multicolor

Plural or third person singular

Having many aspects

Having many aspects or characteristics

Many-sided

""Containing many nuclei; as, multinuclear cells. as, multinuclear cells.""

Noun (-ure)

The number which is to be multiplied by another number called the multiplier. See Note under Multiplication. multiplier. See Note under Multiplication.

Host put illicit rum with my round

Large number or variety

Great variety

Word with prefix multi-

Offering or involving a variety of services: a multiservice agency for the elderly.

Plural or third person singular

Past tense or past participle

""Quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element, atom, or radical.""

District with cup in Italy? I'm excited

""To bring under municipal oversight or control; as, a municipalized industry.as, a municipalized industry.""

Munificence

Munificent