11-letter words containing c, o, a, t, p
- aprioristic — belief in, or reliance upon, a priori reasoning, arguments, or principles.
- arctophilia — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- ars poetica — the art of poetry
- arthroscope — a tubular instrument that is inserted into the capsule of a joint to examine the joint, extract tissue, etc
- arthroscopy — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- atomic pile — nuclear reactor
- attophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the attometre range or of devices, such as lasers, capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds
- autocephaly — the state of being autocephalous.
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- autoplastic — Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
- autopotamic — (of an organism) living or growing only in flowing freshwater streams.
- autotrophic — (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- backstopped — Simple past tense and past participle of backstop.
- backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- bicorporate — having two bodies
- block party — A block party is an outdoor party for all the residents of a block or neighborhood.
- brood patch — a highly vascular, featherless area developed on the abdomen of certain brooding birds that is in direct contact with eggs during incubation and provides additional warmth.
- brown patch — a fungus disease of turf grass that results in circular areas of brown, dead grass.
- cacoepistic — Of or relating to mispronounced words.
- cadet corps — a group of school pupils receiving elementary military training in a school corps
- caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
- call option — an option to buy a stated amount of securities at a specified price during a specified period
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- campo santo — a cemetery
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
- cape doctor — a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer
- capernoited — capricious
- capernoitie — the head
- capitations — Plural form of capitation.
- caprolactam — a white crystalline cyclic imine used in the manufacture of nylon. Formula: C5H10NHCO
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- captivation — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
- cargo pants — Cargo pants are large, loose pants with lots of pockets.
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings