11-letter words containing c, o, a
- accordances — Plural form of accordance.
- accordantly — agreeing; conforming; harmonious.
- accordatura — the notes to which a stringed instrument is tuned.
- accordingly — You use accordingly to introduce a fact or situation which is a result or consequence of something that you have just referred to.
- accordioned — Also called piano accordion. a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds, a keyboard for the right hand, and buttons for sounding single bass notes or chords for the left hand.
- accoucheurs — Plural form of accoucheur.
- accoucheuse — a female obstetrician or midwife
- account day — (on the London Stock Exchange) the day on which deliveries and payments relating to transactions made during the preceding account are made
- account for — If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it.
- accountable — If you are accountable to someone for something that you do, you are responsible for it and must be prepared to justify your actions to that person.
- accountably — subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
- accountancy — Accountancy is the theory or practice of keeping financial accounts.
- accountants — Plural form of accountant.
- accountings — the theory and system of setting up, maintaining, and auditing the books of a firm; art of analyzing the financial position and operating results of a business house from a study of its sales, purchases, overhead, etc. (distinguished from bookkeeping).
- accoutering — Present participle of accouter.
- accredition — The giving of credentials.
- accumulatio — (rhetoric) A forceful summarisation of previously made points.
- accumulator — a rechargeable device for storing electrical energy in the form of chemical energy, consisting of one or more separate secondary cells
- accusations — A charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.
- accustomary — customary or usual
- accustoming — Present participle of accustom.
- accustomise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of accustomize.
- accustomize — (rare) To learn to adapt one's lifestyle to a new or changed environment.
- acetoacetic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetoacetic acid or its derivatives.
- acetobacter — any of several ellipsoidal or rodshaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Acetobacter, certain species of which are used in making vinegar.
- acetylation — to introduce one or more acetyl groups into (a compound).
- achondrites — Plural form of achondrite.
- achondritic — (geology) Of or pertaining to achondrite, a type of stony meteorite.
- achromatism — the condition or quality of being achromatic; lack of color
- achromatize — to make achromatic; to remove colour from
- achromatous — having little or no colour or less than is normal
- acid-loving — (of a plant) requiring a pH of 4.5 to 5.5 for optimal growth.
- acidophilic — easily stained with acid dyes
- acidophilus — a lactic-acid-producing bacterium primarily found in live yoghurt, useful in restoring bacterial balance in the intestine
- acidulation — to make somewhat acid.
- acidulously — In a acidulous manner; in a mildly sour or acid way.
- acinaciform — (of leaves) shaped like a scimitar; curved
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- acoelomates — Plural form of acoelomate.
- acorn chair — a Jacobean chair having a crossrail with acorn-shaped pendants.
- acorn clock — a mantel clock of the first half of the 19th century, having the upper part of the case shaped with a double ogee curve to resemble an acorn.
- acorn spoon — a spoon having an acornlike ornament at the end of its stem.
- acorn sugar — quercitol.
- acorn valve — a small electronic valve, approximately acorn-shaped with small closely-spaced electrodes, used in ultrahigh-frequency applications
- acoustician — an expert in acoustics
- acquisition — If a company or business person makes an acquisition, they buy another company or part of a company.
- acquisitory — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
- acrimonious — Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
- acroamatics — Esoteric lectures.
- acrocarpous — (of mosses) having clustered upright stems and the reproductive parts borne at the tip of a stem