10-letter words containing a, s, c, o
- obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
- occasional — occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then: an occasional headache.
- occasioned — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- occasioner — a person who or that which generates or precipitates something
- occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- octameters — Plural form of octameter.
- octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
- oculonasal — Pertaining to the eyes and nose.
- off-campus — located or available outside a campus.
- officiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of officiate.
- oireachtas — the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.
- old slavic — Old Church Slavonic.
- olecranons — Plural form of olecranon.
- oleraceous — having the qualities or nature of a pot-herb for cookery
- oligoclase — a kind of plagioclase feldspar occurring commonly in white crystals, sometimes shaded with gray, green, or red.
- olivaceous — of a deep shade of green; olive.
- onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open space — Ecology. undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- opsomaniac — a person with an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- optic axis — (in a crystal exhibiting double refraction) the direction or directions, uniaxial or biaxial, respectively, along which this phenomenon does not occur.
- orchardist — a person who owns, manages, or cultivates an orchard.
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orchestras — Plural form of orchestra.
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- organicism — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- organicist — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- organismic — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
- oscillates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oscillate.
- oscillator — Electronics. a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- oscitation — The act of yawning or gaping. Also figuratively.
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- osculation — the act of kissing.
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- osmic acid — a crystalline or amorphous, colorless, poisonous compound, OsO 4 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used for microscopic staining, in photography, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
- osteoclast — Cell Biology. one of the large multinuclear cells in growing bone concerned with the absorption of osseous tissue, as in the formation of canals.
- osteocolla — a limey deposit which can form an incrustation on the roots and stems of some plants
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- ostracised — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracise.
- ostracises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracise.
- ostracized — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- ostracizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracize.
- outclassed — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.