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11-letter words containing a, c, l, o, s

  • chromoplasm — chromatin.
  • chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
  • chromosomal — Chromosomal means relating to or connected with chromosomes.
  • chrysocolla — a mineral that is a silicate of copper and occurs in shades of blue or green and is reputed to have calming properties
  • chum salmon — a large salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) with pale flesh, found in the N Pacific
  • circulators — Plural form of circulator.
  • circumsolar — surrounding or rotating around the sun
  • cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
  • cladocerans — Plural form of cladoceran.
  • cladophylls — Plural form of cladophyll.
  • cladoptosis — the annual shedding of twigs or branches instead of leaves, as in certain cypresses.
  • clamorously — full of, marked by, or of the nature of clamor.
  • classloader — (computing, Java) A mechanism for dynamically loading classes into a virtual machine.
  • clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
  • clavigerous — bearing a key or club
  • clean house — to clean and put a home in order
  • cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
  • cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
  • cloisonnage — cloisonné work
  • close brace — right brace
  • close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
  • close reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
  • close shave — a narrow escape
  • closed game — a relatively complex game involving closed ranks and files and permitting only nontactical positional manoeuvring
  • closed plan — an office floor plan consisting of fully enclosed office spaces.
  • closehauled — having the sails adjusted for heading as nearly as possible into the wind
  • clostridial — any of several rod-shaped, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, found in soil and in the intestinal tract of humans and animals.
  • cloud grass — a grass, Agrostis nebulosa, of Spain, having clusters of tiny spikelets on slender stalks, used in bouquets.
  • cloud-based — Cloud-based technology allows you to use programs and information that are stored on the Internet rather than on your own computer.
  • cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
  • cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
  • coach class — the US and Canad. name for economy class
  • coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
  • coalescence — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
  • coast pilot — Also called pilot. a manual published by a government for mariners, containing descriptions of coastal waters, harbor facilities, etc., for a specific area.
  • coatesville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
  • cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
  • cocos plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the oceanic Guatemala Basin, and bounded on the north and east by the Central American Trench, on the west by the East Pacific Rise, and on the south by the Nazca Plate.
  • coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
  • coelurosaur — any of various small to very large bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs belonging to the suborder Theropoda, active in the Triassic and Cretaceous periods; Tyrannosaurus was a coelurosaur, and birds are thought to have evolved from small coelurosaurs
  • coessential — being one in essence or nature: a term applied to the three persons of the Trinity
  • colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
  • collagenase — an enzyme that decomposes collagen
  • collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
  • collapsable — capable of collapsing or of being collapsed, as for carrying or storing.
  • collapsible — A collapsible object is designed to be folded flat when it is not being used.
  • collarbones — Plural form of collarbone.
  • collaterals — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
  • collegiates — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
  • collisional — of or relating to a collision or collisions
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