11-letter words containing c, a, s, o
- cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- cystoplasty — (surgery) Repair to the urinary bladder.
- cytoclastic — destructive to cells.
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- cytoplasmic — the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus, containing the cytosol, organelles, cytoskeleton, and various particles.
- cytostatics — Plural form of cytostatic.
- czestochowa — an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Warta: pilgrimage centre. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
- dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
- dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- deaccession — to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, especially with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works.
- deacon seat — a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.
- deaconesses — Plural form of deaconess.
- deallocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deallocate.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- declarators — Plural form of declarator.
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- dedications — Plural form of dedication.
- delocalised — (British) alternative spelling of delocalized.
- delta stock — any of the fourth rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange. Market makers need not display prices of these securities continuously and any prices displayed are taken only as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
- democracies — Plural form of democracy.
- democratise — To make democratic.
- democratism — The principles or spirit of a democracy.
- demoniacism — the state or practice of being possessed by a demon
- descamisado — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desiccation — Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- desocialize — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- dessication — Misspelling of desiccation.
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
- diacoustics — the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound
- diagnostics — the art or practice of diagnosis, esp of diseases
- dialogistic — a speaker in a dialogue.
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- diatonicism — the use of diatonic harmony; composition in a diatonic idiom.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dio cassius — ?155–?230 ad, Roman historian. His History of Rome covers the period of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- diplomatics — the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.
- dipsomaniac — a person with an irresistible craving for alcoholic drink.
- disaccorded — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccord.