11-letter words containing c, o, x
- cyclohexene — (organic compound) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- detoxicated — Simple past tense and past participle of detoxicate.
- dexiocardia — dextrocardia.
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- dioxonitric — as in dioxonitric acid, the systematic name of nitrous acid
- doxological — Of or pertaining to doxology.
- doxorubicin — a cytotoxic antibiotic, C 27 H 29 NO 11 , derived from a variety of the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius and used in the treatment of sarcoma, malignant lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other cancers.
- doxycycline — a synthetic analog of a broad-spectrum antibiotic tetracycline drug, C 22 H 24 N 2 O 8 , used against a wide range of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
- duplex lock — a lock capable of being opened either by a master key or a change key, each operating its own mechanism.
- echotexture — (medicine) The patterning of echogenicity in a diagnostic image.
- ecotoxicity — The potential for biological, chemical or physical stressors to affect ecosystems.
- electroplax — Each of a number of flattened plates of protoplasm that make up the electric organ of certain fishes, e.g., the electric eel.
- excarnation — The act of removing flesh.
- excavations — Plural form of excavation.
- excelerator — A set of CASE tools from Index Technology Corporation.
- exceptional — Unusual; not typical.
- excitations — Plural form of excitation.
- excitotoxic — Of or pertaining to excitotoxicity.
- exclamation — A sudden cry or remark, especially expressing surprise, anger, or pain.
- exclamatory — Of or relating to a sudden cry or remark, especially one expressing surprise, anger, or pain.
- excogitated — Simple past tense and past participle of excogitate.
- excogitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excogitate.
- excoriating — Present participle of excoriate.
- excoriation — The act of excoriating or flaying.
- excorticate — (obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
- exculpation — The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
- exculpatory — Excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.
- execrations — Plural form of execration.
- executioner — An official who carries out a sentence of death on a legally condemned person.
- executorial — Of or pertaining to an executive (branch of government etc.).
- exonuclease — An enzyme that removes successive nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide molecule.
- exorbitance — The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
- exorbitancy — Alternative form of exorbitance.
- exotericism — The quality of being widely known or exoteric.
- expectation — A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future.
- expectorant — A medicine that promotes the secretion of sputum by the air passages, used especially to treat coughs.
- expectorate — Cough or spit out phlegm from the throat or lungs.
- expiscation — the act of fishing out or finding out by investigation
- expiscatory — acting to expiscate; tending to expiscate
- explication — The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
- explicatory — Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
- exsiccation — The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
- extinctions — Plural form of extinction.
- extra cover — a fielding position between cover and mid-off
- extractions — Plural form of extraction.
- extrication — The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
- fixed costs — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
- fornicatrix — a woman who commits fornication.