10-letter words containing c, o, t, e
- air pocket — a localized region of low air density or a descending air current, causing an aircraft to suffer an abrupt decrease in height
- akaryocyte — A cell that has no nucleus.
- alcoholate — any of a class of compounds, analogous to hydrates, containing chemically combined alcohol, as chloral alcoholate, C 4 Cl 3 H 7 O 2 .
- allocative — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- allometric — Of or pertaining to allometry.
- allosteric — of, relating to, or designating a function of an enzyme in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule
- alpenstock — an early form of ice axe, consisting of a stout stick with an iron tip and sometimes having a pick and adze at the head, formerly used by mountain climbers
- alutaceous — Zoology. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
- amboceptor — an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen
- amebocytes — Plural form of amebocyte, an alternative spelling of amoebocyte.
- ametabolic — (of certain insects) having no obvious metamorphosis
- ammocoetes — Plural form of ammocoete.
- amoebocyte — any cell having properties similar to an amoeba, such as shape, mobility, and ability to engulf particles
- amoscanate — An experimental anthelmintic agent of the arylisothiocyanate class, found to be highly effective in animals against hookworms and the four major species of schistosomes, but possibly hepatotoxic.
- amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
- anchorette — (in broadcasting) a young and inexperienced anchorwoman
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anecdotage — anecdotes collectively
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- antichoice — opposed to granting pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- antierotic — discouraging sexual desire
- antiheroic — relating to or in the manner of an antihero
- antipoetic — relating to poetry which does not conform to poetic conventions
- antipolice — opposed to or against the police
- apocopated — to shorten by apocope.
- apodeictic — unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration
- apologetic — If you are apologetic, you show or say that you are sorry for causing trouble for someone, for hurting them, or for disappointing them.
- apopemptic — relating to departure, valedictory
- apoplectic — If someone is apoplectic, they are extremely angry about something.
- aposematic — (of the coloration of certain distasteful or poisonous animals) characterized by bright conspicuous markings, which predators recognize and learn to avoid; warning
- apothecary — An apothecary was a person who prepared medicines for people.
- apothecial — Lb lichenology Relating to the apothecium.
- apothecium — a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp
- archeocyte — (in sponges) a type of amoebocyte capable of developing into other types of cells, especially reproductive cells.
- archontate — an archon's period in office
- arctogaean — of or relating to Arctogaea
- arctophile — a person who collects teddy bears or is fond of them
- arefaction — the act of drying, or a dried condition
- artichokes — Plural form of artichoke.
- ascomycete — any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (formerly class Ascomycetes) in which the spores (ascospores) are formed inside a club-shaped cell (ascus). The group includes yeast, penicillium, aspergillus, truffles, and certain mildews
- ascorbates — Plural form of ascorbate.
- assertoric — (of a statement) stating a fact, as opposed to expressing an evaluative judgment
- associated — If one thing is associated with another, the two things are connected with each other.
- associates — Plural form of associate.
- astrocytes — Plural form of astrocyte.
- atascadero — a town in SW California.
- atef-crown — a symbolic headdress of certain Egyptian gods, as Osiris, and of Egyptian kings, consisting of a tall conical cap flanked by two plumes and bearing representations of the uraeus and the sun.
- atomic age — the period characterized by the use of atomic energy: regarded as beginning with the creation of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction on December 2, 1942