11-letter words containing c, o, a
- auxochromic — any radical or group of atoms that intensifies the color of a substance.
- 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
- avocational — of or relating to avocation
- axiological — the branch of philosophy dealing with values, as those of ethics, aesthetics, or religion.
- axiomatical — Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
- axonometric — of or relating to a projection method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface
- azotobacter — any bacterium of the family Azotobacteriaceae, important in nitrogen fixation in the soil
- babelicious — (of a woman) sexually very attractive.
- bacciferous — bearing berries
- baccivorous — feeding on berries
- bachelordom — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- bachelorism — bachelorhood
- bacilliform — shaped like a rod
- back anchor — a small anchor for backing a larger one.
- back and to — back-and-forth; to and fro.
- back boiler — a tank or series of pipes at the back of a fireplace for heating water
- back office — the administrative and support staff of a financial institution or other business
- back out of — to withdraw from (an enterprise)
- back-loaded — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- back-logged — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- backcrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of backcross.
- backcrosses — Plural form of backcross.
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- backgammons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon.
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- backing dog — a dog that moves a flock of sheep by jumping on their backs
- backloading — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- backlogging — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- backside-to — backend-to.
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- 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.
- backstroker — a person who swims the backstroke, especially a member of a competitive swimming team who specializes in the backstroke.
- backstrokes — Plural form of backstroke.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- bacteriosis — any bacterial disease
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
- badderlocks — a seaweed, Alaria esculenta, that has long brownish-green fronds and is eaten in parts of N Europe
- balance out — If two or more opposite things balance out or if you balance them out, they become equal in amount, value, or effect.
- baldacchino — baldachin
- ball hockey — a game similar to ice hockey, but played on foot on a hard surface without ice, using a hard plastic ball instead of a puck
- bambocciata — a genre painting of usually small size produced in Rome in the 17th century.
- banjo clock — a clock of the early 19th century in the U.S., having a drumlike case for the dial mounted on a narrow, tapering body, with a boxlike bottom containing the pendulum and its weight.
- bannockburn — a village in central Scotland, south of Stirling: nearby is the site of a victory (1314) of the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, over the English. Pop: 7396 (2001)
- bar cocheba — Simon, died a.d. 135, Hebrew leader of insurrection against the Romans a.d. 132–135.
- baranovichi — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- barley coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 3/32 to 3/16 inch (2.4 to 4.8 mm).