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11-letter words containing c, a, p, s, o

  • footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
  • fort casper — a fort in central Wyoming, near Casper: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
  • gastroscope — a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
  • gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
  • geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
  • gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
  • gopherspace — (networking)   The sum of all files that can be reached using gopher.
  • gyrocompass — a navigational compass containing a gyroscope rotor, that, when adjusted for the latitude and speed of the vessel or aircraft, indicates the direction of true north along the surface of the earth or communicates this information to one or more gyro repeaters.
  • hagioscopes — Plural form of hagioscope.
  • harpsichord — a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
  • hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
  • hepatocytes — Plural form of hepatocyte.
  • hepatoscopy — medical examination of the liver.
  • hippocampus — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
  • hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
  • homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
  • house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
  • hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
  • hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
  • hypoplastic — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
  • importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
  • incapacious — Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
  • incompassed — Simple past tense and past participle of incompass.
  • isapostolic — contemporaneous with, or equal to, the twelve apostles
  • isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
  • isophthalic — Of or pertaining to isophthalic acid and its derivatives.
  • isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
  • joe sixpack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
  • justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • keratoscope — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
  • keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
  • kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
  • kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
  • knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
  • laparoscope — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
  • laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
  • lasiocampid — (zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.
  • leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
  • leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
  • leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
  • liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
  • local stamp — stamp (def 22).
  • macrocarpas — Plural form of macrocarpa.
  • macrographs — Plural form of macrograph.
  • macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
  • macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
  • macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
  • macroscopic — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
  • macrospores — Plural form of macrospore.
  • master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
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