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