11-letter words containing c, m, o, s
- cyclostomes — Plural form of cyclostome.
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
- cytochromes — Plural form of cytochrome.
- cytoplasmic — the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus, containing the cytosol, organelles, cytoskeleton, and various particles.
- cytotropism — cytotropic tendency or behavior.
- 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.
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
- decomposers — Plural form of decomposer.
- decomposing — Present participle of decompose.
- decomposite — a composite element that is itself composed of other elements
- decompounds — Plural form of decompound.
- 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.
- desmodromic — (of mechanisms, almost exclusively of valves) that are controlled in both directions of their movement. A desmodromic valve is one which is actively both opened and closed by a mechanism rather than by a spring
- 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
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- diatonicism — the use of diatonic harmony; composition in a diatonic idiom.
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichotomies — Botany. a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems, in veins of leaves, etc.
- dichotomise — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomist — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- 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.
- disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
- disco music — 70s dance music
- discomfited — Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
- discomforts — Plural form of discomfort.
- discommoded — Simple past tense and past participle of discommode.
- discomposed — Simple past tense and past participle of discompose.
- discomposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discompose.
- discomycete — any of a group of fungi considered as belonging to the class Ascomycetes of the kingdom Plantae, including cup fungi, morels, and truffles, characterized by a cup-shaped or disk-shaped fruiting body.
- disharmonic — lacking harmony; disharmonious; discordant.
- doc martens — a brand of lace-up boots with thick lightweight resistant soles
- dockmackies — Plural form of dockmackie.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.
- domesticate — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domesticity — the state of being domestic; domestic or home life.
- domesticize — To make domestic; domesticate.
- dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
- duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.