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11-letter words containing c, o, t, e

  • cholesteric — resulting from the reaction of nitric acid and cholesterin and producing cholesterates
  • cholesterin — a sterol, C 27 H 46 O, that occurs in all animal tissues, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and adipose tissue, functioning chiefly as a protective agent in the skin and myelin sheaths of nerve cells, a detoxifier in the bloodstream, and as a precursor of many steroids: deposits of cholesterol form in certain pathological conditions, as gallstones and atherosclerotic plaques.
  • cholesterol — Cholesterol is a substance that exists in the fat, tissues, and blood of all animals. Too much cholesterol in a person's blood can cause heart disease.
  • chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
  • chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
  • choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
  • christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
  • christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
  • chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
  • chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
  • chromometer — An instrument that compares the colour of something with a reference standard.
  • chronometer — A chronometer is an extremely accurate clock that is used especially by sailors at sea.
  • chronometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of chronometer.
  • chronometry — the science or technique of measuring time with extreme accuracy
  • chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
  • chucker-out — a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering
  • chug report — (humour)   From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
  • cigar store — a retail store specializing in tobacco products, as cigars and cigarettes.
  • cinefaction — (obsolete, rare) cineration; reduction to ashes.
  • cineritious — See cinereous.
  • cinquecento — the 16th century, esp in reference to Italian art, architecture, or literature
  • citizenhood — The state of being a citizen.
  • citronellal — a colourless slightly water-soluble liquid with a lemon-like odour, a terpene aldehyde found esp in citronella and certain eucalyptus oils: used as a flavouring and in soaps and perfumes. Formula: (CH3)2C:CH(CH2)2CH(CH3)CH2CHO
  • citronellol — an alcohol present in oils from various aromatic plant species
  • city editor — The city editor of a newspaper is the editor who is in charge of local news.
  • clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
  • clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
  • cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
  • cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
  • cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
  • cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
  • clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
  • cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
  • cleptomania — kleptomania
  • clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.
  • clinometers — Plural form of clinometer.
  • clinometric — (of crystals) having oblique angles between one or all axes.
  • cliometrics — the study of economic history using statistics and computer analysis
  • clock tower — A clock tower is a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.
  • clock-timer — timer (def 4).
  • cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
  • clorazepate — a benzodiazepine, C 16 H 13 ClN 2 O 4 , used in the treatment of chronic anxiety states and as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
  • close quote — (used by a speaker to indicate the end of a quotation.)
  • close to/on — Close to a particular amount or distance means slightly less than that amount or distance. In British English, you can also say close on a particular amount or distance.
  • close up/to — If you look at something close up or close to, you look at it when you are very near to it.
  • close-stool — a wooden stool containing a covered chamber pot
  • closed term — (theory)   A term with no free variables.
  • closefisted — stingy
  • cloth-eared — deaf
  • clothes peg — A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
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