Cam vs. Mam

Camnoun

A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.

Camnoun

A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.

Camnoun

A ridge or mound of earth.

Camnoun

(rock climbing) A camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.

Camnoun

(informal) Camera.

Camverb

To go on webcam with someone.

Camnoun

A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.

Camnoun

A ridge or mound of earth.

Camadjective

Crooked.

Camnoun

a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River

Camnoun

a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion

Camnoun

a projection on a rotating part in machinery, designed to make sliding contact with another part while rotating and impart reciprocal or variable motion to it.

Camnoun

a camshaft.

Camnoun

a camera.

Cam

A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion. It is often a part of a rotating wheel (e.g.

Mamnoun

Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.

Mamnoun

Mamma.

Mamnoun

a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala

Mamnoun

a Mayan language spoken by the Mam people

Mamnoun

one's mother

Mamnoun

a term of respectful or polite address used for any woman