11-letter words containing c, o, t, y
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- bellicosity — inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
- benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
- benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
- biconvexity — the characteristic of having two convex surfaces
- big society — the devolution of political power and social responsibility to local communities as opposed to centralized political power and state control
- bioactivity — any effect on, interaction with, or response from living tissue.
- biocatalyst — a chemical, esp an enzyme, that initiates or increases the rate of a biochemical reaction
- blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
- block party — A block party is an outdoor party for all the residents of a block or neighborhood.
- body cavity — the internal cavity of any multicellular animal that contains the digestive tract, heart, kidneys, etc. In vertebrates it develops from the coelom
- body combat — a type of fitness programme in which individuals perform non-contact martial arts moves to music
- booby hatch — a hoodlike covering for a hatchway on a ship
- botanically — Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.
- botanomancy — a form of divination in which tree branches or leaves are burnt
- brachyodont — (of mammals, such as humans) having teeth with short crowns
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- by-election — A by-election is an election that is held to choose a new member of parliament when a member has resigned or died.
- cachinatory — Alternative form of cachinnatory.
- caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
- calcinatory — A vessel used in calcination.
- calculatory — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calefactory — giving warmth
- calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
- cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
- cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
- carson city — a city in W Nevada, capital of the state. Pop: 55 311 (2003 est)
- cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- castigatory — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
- cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
- catholicity — a wide range of interests, tastes, etc; liberality
- celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
- cell theory — a basic tenet of modern biology, first stated by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838–39, that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms.
- cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- chaotically — completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
- charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
- cherrystone — a small or not fully-grown edible clam of the genus Mercenaria, found in the waters off the Atlantic coast of North America
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chimney pot — A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.
- chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation