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10-letter words containing c, o, e, l, i

  • toric lens — a lens used to correct astigmatism, having one of its surfaces shaped like part of a torus so that its focal lengths are different in different meridians
  • torricelli — Evangelista [e-vahn-je-lee-stah] /ɛˌvɑn dʒɛˈli stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1608–47, Italian physicist.
  • tremolitic — relating to tremolite
  • tricolette — a knitted fabric made of silk or synthetic yarn, used in the manufacture of wearing apparel.
  • tricolored — having three colours
  • troctolite — a rare type of coarse-grained igneous rock generally composed mainly of olivine and feldspar
  • turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
  • twice-told — having been told before; related two times.
  • ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
  • uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind
  • undecimole — a cluster of notes dividing a section of music into eleven equal parts
  • unforcible — not able to be forced
  • unpolicied — not politically or socially organized
  • unsociable — not sociable; having, showing, or marked by a disinclination to friendly social relations; withdrawn.
  • uricotelic — designating those animals, as reptiles or birds, that excrete most of their waste nitrogen in the form of uric acid, usually in the urine
  • varicocele — a varicose condition of the spermatic veins of the scrotum.
  • velocipede — a vehicle, usually having two or three wheels, that is propelled by the rider.
  • versicolor — changeable in color: versicolor skies.
  • vesiculose — composed of or containing vesicles
  • video call — a call made via a mobile phone with a camera and a screen, allowing the participants to see each other as they talk
  • video clip — short videotape extract
  • video club — a club from which members can rent films on video or DVD
  • viola clef — alto clef.
  • violaceous — belonging to the Violaceae, the violet family of plants. Compare violet family.
  • violescent — tending to a violet color: a violescent twilight sky.
  • voice coil — a moving coil that drives the diaphragm of a sound reproduction system, as a loudspeaker, by the interaction of a changing magnetic field that is produced by a current in the coil and a fixed magnetic field that is produced by permanent magnets.
  • voice mail — an electronic system enabling the recording and storage of (usually digitized) voice messages, which can subsequently be retrieved by the intended recipient.
  • voice-lift — a cosmetic surgical operation on the vocal cords to make the voice sound younger
  • volumetric — of or relating to measurement by volume.
  • vorticella — any ciliated protozoan of the genus Vorticella, having a transparent, bell-shaped body with a retractile stalk.
  • white coal — Informal. water, as of a stream, used for power.
  • wire cloth — a material of wires of moderate fineness, used for making strainers, manufacturing paper, etc.
  • wood melic — a pale green perennial grass, M. uniflora, that is common in woodlands and has branching flower heads
  • xenolithic — Being or pertaining to a xenolith.
  • xenophilic — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
  • xerophilic — Capable of growing and reproducing in conditions with a low availability of water.
  • zelophobic — fearful of jealousy; displaying or affected with zelophobia
  • zoothecial — of or relating to the zoothecia
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