10-letter words containing c, o, y
- food cycle — food web
- force play — a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.
- forcefully — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- fosfomycin — A broad-spectrum antibiotic, 3-methyloxiran-2-ylphosphonic acid, obtained from certain Streptomyces bacteria.
- four-cycle — noting or pertaining to an internal-combustion engine in which a complete cycle in each cylinder requires four strokes, one to draw in air or an air-fuel mixture, one to compress it, one to ignite it and do work, and one to scavenge the cylinder.
- fundectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- funduscopy — Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye.
- galactosyl — the glycosyl radical of galactose
- gametocyte — a cell that produces gametes.
- genecology — the study of the gene frequency of a species in relation to its population distribution within a particular environment
- geoecology — (geology, ecology) The interdisciplinary study of geography and ecology.
- geophysics — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- glaciology — the branch of geology that deals with the nature, distribution, and action of glaciers and with their effect on the earth's topography.
- glycogenic — of or relating to glycogen.
- glycolipid — any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine.
- glycolysis — the catabolism of carbohydrates, as glucose and glycogen, by enzymes, with the release of energy and the production of lactic or pyruvic acid.
- glycolytic — of, relating to, or causing glycolysis.
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- glycosides — Plural form of glycoside.
- glycosidic — any of the class of compounds that yield a sugar and an aglycon upon hydrolysis.
- glycosuria — excretion of glucose in the urine, as in diabetes.
- gnomically — In a gnomic manner. (In a way apparently clear and simple, but eventually difficult to understand).
- godoy cruz — a city in Mendoza province, W Argentina.
- gonioscopy — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- gothically — In a gothic way.
- graciosity — graciousness
- graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- groceryman — a grocer.
- grove city — a town in central Ohio.
- gynecocrat — gynarchy.
- gynecology — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- gyneocracy — Alternative form of gynecocracy.
- gynocratic — Pertaining to government by women.
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- gynophobic — relating to a dread or hatred of women
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- gyrocopter — autogiro.
- gyroscopes — Plural form of gyroscope.
- gyroscopic — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- gyrostatic — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- haemolytic — of or relating to the disintegration of red blood cells
- hagiocracy — government by a body of persons esteemed as holy.
- halcyonian — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- hematocyst — a cyst containing blood.
- hematocyte — hemocyte.
- hemocyanin — a blue, copper-containing respiratory pigment in the plasma of many invertebrates.
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heterocyst — one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.