11-letter words containing a, l, o, c
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- coleorhizae — Plural form of coleorhiza.
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- collaborate — When one person or group collaborates with another, they work together, especially on a book or on some research.
- 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.
- collagraphy — A printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as cardboard or wood).
- 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.
- collar cell — choanocyte.
- 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.
- collectable — A collectable object is one which is valued very highly by collectors because it is rare or beautiful.
- collectanea — a collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology
- collegially — collegiate.
- collegiates — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
- collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
- colleterial — relating to a glandular organ (colleterium) in some insects
- colligating — Present participle of colligate.
- colligation — A binding together.
- colligative — (of a physical property of a substance) depending on the concentrations of atoms, ions, and molecules that are present rather than on their nature
- collimating — Present participle of collimate.
- collimation — to bring into line; make parallel.
- collinearly — lying in the same straight line.
- colliquable — capable of dissolving
- collisional — of or relating to a collision or collisions
- collocating — Present participle of collocate.
- collocation — In linguistics, collocation is the way that some words occur regularly whenever another word is used.
- collocative — the act of collocating.
- colloidally — in the manner of a colloid
- colluctancy — (obsolete, rare) A struggle to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
- collunarium — a solution for application in the nose; nose drops.
- cologarithm — the logarithm of the reciprocal of a number; the negative value of the logarithm
- colonialism — Colonialism is the practice by which a powerful country directly controls less powerful countries and uses their resources to increase its own power and wealth.
- colonialist — Colonialist means relating to colonialism.
- coloniality — the state or condition of associating in colonies.
- colonialize — to make colonial
- colonizable — Capable of being colonized.
- colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- color guard — the persons carrying and escorting the colors (flag) in a parade, ceremony, etc.
- color phase — a variant, atypical coloration of fur, feathers, skin, etc. occurring in an individual or an animal group
- coloradoite — a mineral, mercury telluride, HgTe, occurring in the form of grayish-black masses.
- coloraturas — Plural form of coloratura.
- colorbearer — a person who carries the colors or standard, especially of a military body. Compare guidon (def 2).
- colorcaster — an announcer, especially in sports, who provides supplementary information or comment.
- colouration — (British spelling) alternative spelling of coloration.
- columbarium — a vault having niches for funeral urns
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns