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11-letter words containing a, n, c, o

  • carnivorous — Carnivorous animals eat meat.
  • carolingian — of or relating to the Frankish dynasty founded by Pepin the Short, son of Charles Martel, which ruled in France from 751–987 ad and in Germany until 911 ad
  • carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
  • carousingly — in a carousing manner
  • carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
  • carrying-on — unconventional or questionable behaviour
  • carson city — a city in W Nevada, capital of the state. Pop: 55 311 (2003 est)
  • cartoonists — Plural form of cartoonist.
  • cartoonlike — cartoonish
  • caseinogens — Plural form of caseinogen.
  • casey jones — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
  • cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
  • casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
  • cast anchor — to anchor a vessel
  • castellanos — Julio [hoo-lyaw] /ˈhu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–47, Mexican painter.
  • castigation — to criticize or reprimand severely.
  • castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
  • casting rod — a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.
  • castor bean — the seed of this plant
  • castrations — Plural form of castration.
  • cat-and-dog — continuously or unceasingly vicious and destructive: cat-and-dog competition.
  • cataloguing — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
  • cataphonics — catacoustics
  • catch up on — to engage in more (work, sleep, etc.) so as to compensate for earlier neglect
  • catercorner — diagonal.
  • catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
  • cattlewoman — A woman who raises or tends cattle.
  • cattlewomen — Plural form of cattlewoman.
  • cauligenous — originating or protruding from the stem of a plant
  • causational — the action of causing or producing.
  • cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
  • cavernulous — possessing or being full of small cavities
  • cavillation — any objection made to or dispute raised about trivial points or frivolities
  • cavolo nero — an Italian variety of cabbage with dark green leaves
  • ceftriaxone — (pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic cephalosporin antibiotic.
  • celebration — A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
  • cementation — the process of heating a solid with a powdered material to modify the properties of the solid, esp the heating of wrought iron, surrounded with charcoal, to 750–900°C to produce steel
  • cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
  • cenancestor — The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
  • centerboard — a movable board or metal plate that, when lowered through a slot in the floor of a shallow-draft sailboat, functions like a keel to reduce leeward drift or increase stability, esp. one that moves on a pivot
  • centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
  • centreboard — a supplementary keel for a sailing vessel, which may be adjusted by raising and lowering
  • centrobaric — of or concerned with a centre of gravity
  • centrosomal — Of or pertaining to a centrosome or centrosomes.
  • centuriator — a historian who compiles work by centuries, esp one of the writers of the Magdeburg Centuries
  • cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
  • cerebration — the act of thinking; consideration; thought
  • ceremonials — Plural form of ceremonial.
  • cga monitor — a type of (early) computer monitor designed to operate with CGA technology
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