11-letter words containing c, o, l, r, i
- stereocilia — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
- taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
- technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
- telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- terricolous — living on or in the ground.
- theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
- thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- torticollis — a condition in which the neck is twisted and the head inclined to one side, caused by spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the neck.
- touristical — of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism: She embarked on her itinerary with high touristic fervor.
- trial court — the court in which a controversy is first adjudicated (distinguished from appellate division).
- trichlorfon — metrifonate.
- trichloride — a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl 3 .
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- tricoloured — having three colours
- trim cooler — A trim cooler is a water-cooled heat exchanger which is used in addition to an air-cooled heat exchanger.
- trincomalee — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- troglodytic — a prehistoric cave dweller.
- trombiculid — (of a mite) belonging to the family Trombiculidae
- trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- tropicality — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
- turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
- ulcerogenic — producing or inducing the formation of an ulcer.
- ulotrichous — belonging to a group of people having woolly or crisply curly hair.
- ultrasonics — the branch of science that deals with the effects of sound waves above human perception.
- unicolorate — of one colour
- unicolorous — (of antennae, head, body, etc) of one colour
- unicoloured — of one uniform colour
- vacillatory — marked by or displaying vacillation: a vacillatory policy of action.
- valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
- varicelloid — resembling varicella.
- varicellous — of or relating to varicella or chicken pox
- varicolored — having various colors; variegated; motley: a varicolored print.
- vasculiform — shaped like a small vase or flowerpot
- vectorially — Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.
- velocimeter — any of various instruments for measuring velocity, as of a wave in water or of sound in air.
- velocimetry — the measurement of the speed of sound in fluids
- veraciously — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- vermiculous — containing or resembling worms
- versicolour — changeable in color: versicolor skies.