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11-letter words containing a, d, i, o, c

  • radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radiometric — Also called Crookes radiometer. an instrument for demonstrating the transformation of radiant energy into mechanical work, consisting of an exhausted glass vessel containing vanes that revolve about an axis when exposed to light.
  • radiopacity — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
  • radiophonic — a radiotelephone.
  • radiotracer — a radioactive isotope used as a tracer.
  • ration card — a card showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
  • recordation — the act or process of recording: the recordation of documents pertaining to copyright ownership.
  • redactional — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
  • reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
  • reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
  • rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • richard hoe — Richard, 1812–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment.
  • richard roe — a fictitious name used in legal proceedings for a male party whose true name is not known, used especially as the second such name when two male persons are involved whose real names have not been ascertained.
  • road racing — a competitive event of racing in automobiles, motorcycles, or bicycles over public roads or a twisting course simulating a public road, as opposed to a closed, banked track or a drag strip.
  • rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
  • ropedancing — the act of dancing on a rope
  • saint-cloud — a city in central Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
  • sapphic ode — Horatian ode.
  • sarcodinian — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
  • sarcoidosis — a disease of unknown cause, characterized by granulomatous tubercles of the skin, lymph nodes, lungs, eyes, and other structures.
  • sardonicism — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
  • scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
  • scarabaeoid — resembling a scarab.
  • schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
  • scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
  • secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
  • seminomadic — belonging or relating to an ethnic group or people who migrate seasonally and cultivate crops during periods of settlement
  • shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
  • social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
  • sodomitical — anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
  • solidarnosc — a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982.
  • somaticized — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
  • sorbic acid — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 8 O 2 , slightly soluble in water, soluble in many organic solvents: used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food.
  • spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
  • spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
  • sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
  • subdiaconal — of or relating to a subdeacon.
  • subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • syndication — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
  • synodically — by the authority of a synod
  • telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
  • ticonderoga — a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: site of French fort captured by the English 1759 and by Americans under Ethan Allen 1775.
  • tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
  • toluic acid — any of four isomeric acids having the formula CH 3 C 6 H 4 COOH: derivatives of toluene.
  • tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
  • trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
  • trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
  • uncaptioned — a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
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