11-letter words containing c, a, t, o, s
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- old castile — a region in N Spain: formerly a province.
- old scratch — the devil; Satan.
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- on the case — If you say that someone is on the case, you mean that they are aware of a particular problem and are trying to resolve it.
- onomasticon — a list or collection of proper names.
- open stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is farther from the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- orchardists — Plural form of orchardist.
- orchestrate — Arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orthoclases — Plural form of orthoclase.
- orthostatic — relating to or caused by erect posture.
- oscillating — Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion.
- oscillation — an act or instance of oscillating.
- oscillative — disposed to oscillation
- oscillators — Plural form of oscillator.
- oscillatory — characterized by or involving oscillation.
- osmotically — Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
- osteoclases — Plural form of osteoclasis.
- osteoclasis — Physiology. the breaking down or absorption of osseous tissue.
- osteoclasts — Plural form of osteoclast.
- osteopathic — Of or pertaining to osteopathy or osteopathic medicine.
- ostracising — Present participle of ostracise.
- ostracizing — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- ostracoderm — any of several extinct jawless fishes of the Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian periods, having the body enclosed in an armor of bony plates.
- ostreaceous — oyster-like
- otoacoustic — Of or pertaining to sounds generated by the inner ear.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- outclassing — Present participle of outclass.
- outdistance — to leave behind, as in running; outstrip: The winning horse outdistanced the second-place winner by five lengths.
- outer space — space beyond the atmosphere of the earth.
- overcasting — Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- oyster crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres ostreum, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of oysters.
- packet soup — soup supplied in dried form in a packet
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
- pantoscopic — showing a wide-angled view
- paracrostic — a poem in which the initial letters of each line replicate the first line
- parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
- pas de cote — a two-track.
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- photostatic — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.