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11-letter words containing c, o, y

  • appropriacy — the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms
  • arachnology — the study of arachnids
  • archaeocyte — (in sponges) a type of amoebocyte capable of developing into other types of cells, especially reproductive cells.
  • archaeology — Archaeology is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects.
  • archeometry — the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
  • arcticology — the scientific study of the Polar Regions.
  • aristocracy — The aristocracy is a class of people in some countries who have a high social rank and special titles.
  • aromaticity — the property of certain planar cyclic conjugated molecules, esp benzene, of behaving like unsaturated molecules and undergoing substitution reactions rather than addition as a result of delocalization of electrons in the ring
  • arthrectomy — surgical excision of a joint
  • arthroscopy — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
  • artiodactyl — any placental mammal of the order Artiodactyla, having hooves with an even number of toes; an even-toed ungulate. The order includes pigs, hippopotamuses, camels, deer, cattle, and antelopes
  • ascomycetes — any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (or class Ascomycetes), including the molds and truffles, characterized by bearing the sexual spores in a sac (as distinguished from basidiomycete).
  • astrocytoma — a tumour of the nervous system which originates in and consists mainly of astrocytes
  • asyncronous — (spelling)   It's spelled "asynchronous".
  • at any cost — If you say that something must be done at any cost, you are emphasizing that it must be done, even if this requires a lot of effort or money.
  • atherectomy — the removal of plaque from an artery by means of a tiny rotating cutting blade inserted through a catheter.
  • atrociously — extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.
  • attophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the attometre range or of devices, such as lasers, capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds
  • audaciously — extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
  • austromancy — Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
  • autocephaly — the state of being autocephalous.
  • autochthony — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
  • autodynamic — Supplying its own power.
  • backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
  • ball hockey — a game similar to ice hockey, but played on foot on a hard surface without ice, using a hard plastic ball instead of a puck
  • barley coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 3/32 to 3/16 inch (2.4 to 4.8 mm).
  • baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
  • bay scallop — a small scallop, Pecten irradians, inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, especially eastern Long Island Sound.
  • bellicosity — inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
  • benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
  • benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
  • bibliomancy — prediction of the future by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, esp the Bible
  • 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
  • binary code — Binary code is a computer code that uses the binary number system.
  • binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
  • 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
  • biocenology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of biological communities and the interactions among their members.
  • biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
  • biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
  • biosocially — from a biosocial point of view
  • black ivory — Black slaves collectively
  • black molly — a jet-black molly, a color form especially of Poecilia latipinna or P. sphenops, popular as an aquarium fish.
  • black money — that part of a nation's income that relates to its black economy
  • blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
  • block party — A block party is an outdoor party for all the residents of a block or neighborhood.
  • bobby socks — Bobby socks or bobbysox are short socks worn by girls or women.
  • bodaciously — in a bodacious manner
  • body cavity — the internal cavity of any multicellular animal that contains the digestive tract, heart, kidneys, etc. In vertebrates it develops from the coelom
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