11-letter words containing a, d, o
- chowderhead — a fool or an idiot
- chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
- 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.
- clapboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of clapboard.
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- classloader — (computing, Java) A mechanism for dynamically loading classes into a virtual machine.
- clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
- clock radio — a radio combined with an alarm clock in a compact cabinet, the clock serving as a timer to turn the radio on or off at a preset time.
- clock-radio — a device combining the functions of a radio and alarm clock which can be used to play the radio at a set time
- 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.
- cloth-eared — deaf
- cloud grass — a grass, Agrostis nebulosa, of Spain, having clusters of tiny spikelets on slender stalks, used in bouquets.
- cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.
- 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.
- co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- coade stone — a ceramic imitation of carved stonework popular in England around 1800.
- coadjacency — the state of two or more things being adjacent in experience or thought
- coadjutants — Plural form of coadjutant.
- coadjuvancy — (rare) cooperation, mutual effort, joint-help.
- coadunation — (obsolete) union into a single body or mass; unity.
- coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
- coast guard — The coast guard is a part of a country's military forces and is responsible for protecting the coast, carrying out rescues, and doing police work along the coast.
- coatdresses — Plural form of coatdress.
- coati-mundi — coati
- code dating — the system of marking products with the date when they were packed
- codebreaker — A person who solves a code or codes.
- codefendant — a fellow defendant
- codicillary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a codicil.
- codominance — Ecology. being one of two or more species that are equally dominant in a biotic community: a forest in which oak and hickory are codominant.
- coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
- cogenerated — Simple past tense and past participle of cogenerate.
- cohabitated — cohabit.
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- cold cellar — root cellar.
- cold harbor — a locality in Virginia, NE of Richmond: Civil War battle in 1864.
- coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- colloidally — in the manner of a colloid
- color guard — the persons carrying and escorting the colors (flag) in a parade, ceremony, etc.
- coloradoite — a mineral, mercury telluride, HgTe, occurring in the form of grayish-black masses.