11-letter words containing c, a, t, o, s
- forinstance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- formalistic — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- fornicators — Plural form of fornicator.
- fort carson — a military reservation in E central Colorado, S of Colorado Springs.
- fort casper — a fort in central Wyoming, near Casper: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- foster care — the raising or supervision of foster children, as orphans or delinquents, in an institution, group home, or private home, usually arranged through a government or social-service agency that provides remuneration for expenses.
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- functionals — Plural form of functional.
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
- gamma stock — any of the third rank of active securities on the London Stock Exchange. Prices displayed by market makers are given as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- gastrocolic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and colon.
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.
- 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.
- gastrotrich — any of the microscopic, multicellular animals of the class or phylum Gastrotricha, of fresh or salt waters, characterized by bands of cilia on the ventral surface of the bottle-shaped or ribbony body and by a protrusible feeding apparatus at the mouth.
- gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
- ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
- glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
- glycosylate — (organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).
- goat cheese — a cheese containing goat's milk, either alone or mixed with cow's milk, usually having a stronger flavor than one made of cow's milk alone.
- goatsuckers — Plural form of goatsucker.
- grain coast — a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea, in W Africa, in present-day Liberia.
- grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
- grass court — an outdoor tennis court having a grass surface.
- gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
- gyrostatics — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- haemostatic — That promotes haemostasis.
- hard sector — (storage) An archaic floppy disk format employing multiple synchronisation holes in the media to define the sectors.
- harmonicist — Someone who plays the harmonica.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- heat source — sth that generates warmth
- hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
- heliostatic — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- hemostatics — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- hepatocytes — Plural form of hepatocyte.
- hepatoscopy — medical examination of the liver.
- heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- homeostatic — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.