11-letter words containing a, c, o, u, s
- house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
- house-clean — to clean the inside of a person's house
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- icosandrous — belonging to the Icosandria, a class of plants
- incapacious — Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- incubations — Plural form of incubation.
- inosculated — Simple past tense and past participle of inosculate.
- inosculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inosculate.
- insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- insouciance — the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference.
- isoceraunic — representing, having, or indicating equality in the frequency or intensity of thunderstorms: isoceraunic line; isoceraunic map.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- janus cloth — a worsted fabric, each side of which has a different color.
- juan carlos — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
- knockabouts — Plural form of knockabout.
- koulibiacas — Plural form of koulibiaca.
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- lactifluous — full or flowing with milk
- lacus solis — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- locust bean — carob.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- lucio costa — Lúcio [loo-syoo] /ˈlu syu/ (Show IPA), 1902–98, Brazilian architect, chief designer of Brasilia.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- microquasar — (astronomy, stars) A high-energy binary star system that includes black hole or neutron star and which resembles a quasar.
- midas touch — the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an extremely profitable one.
- mimosaceous — belonging to the Mimosaceae, now regarded as a subfamily (Mimosoideae) of the legume family.
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- muscatorium — a flabellum or fan, esp the ceremonial fan carried before the pope
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- musical box — music box.
- mustachioed — a mustache.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.