11-letter words containing c, o, t, u
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- microtrauma — (medicine) Any small, insignificant injury, but especially one of a series (such as suffered by athletes) that can lead to major injury.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- micturition — the act of passing urine; urination.
- midas touch — the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an extremely profitable one.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- miscounting — Present participle of miscount.
- misfunction — malfunction.
- monchiquite — a type of rock made up of large crystals of, among other constituents, olivine and amphibole and which is found in an analcite groundmass
- monoculture — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monticolous — existing or having a habitat in or on mountains
- monticulate — having low rising mounds or protrusions
- most-centum — belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family of languages that show distinctive preservation of the Proto-Indo-European labiovelars and that show a historical development of velar articulations, as the sounds (k) or [kh] /x/ (Show IPA) from Proto-Indo-European palatal phonemes. The centum branches are Germanic, Celtic, Italic, Hellenic, Anatolian, and Tocharian.
- motor court — motel.
- motor truck — truck1 (def 1).
- mountenance — a quantity, amount, duration, or value
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- mouth ulcer — oral sore
- mouthpieces — Plural form of mouthpiece.
- mucopeptide — Peptidoglycan.
- mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- multichoice — Multiple-choice.
- multichrome — chromium.
- multicoated — having more than one coating of a substance
- multicolour — (chiefly, British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of multicolor.
- multicolumn — having or relating to several columns
- multicounty — involving or relating to several counties
- multicourse — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- multifactor — Of or pertaining to more than one factor.
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- multisource — Employing multiple sources.
- muonic atom — an atom in which an orbiting electron has been replaced by a muon
- muscatorium — a flabellum or fan, esp the ceremonial fan carried before the pope
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- music stool — a stool you sit on when playing a musical instrument
- mustachioed — a mustache.
- mutton chop — cutlet of sheep's meat
- mutton corn — sweet corn, especially when ripe and ready for eating on the cob.
- muttonchops — The whiskers on a man's cheek when shaped like a meat chop, narrow at the top and broad and rounded at the bottom.
- necessitous — destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother.
- neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
- neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotropic — having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue: a neurotropic virus; a neurotropic drug.