10-letter words containing c, o
- accusatory — An accusatory look, remark, or tone of voice suggests blame or criticism.
- accustomed — If you are accustomed to something, you know it so well or have experienced it so often that it seems natural, unsurprising, or easy to deal with.
- acebutolol — a beta blocker, C 18 H 28 N 2 O 4 , used in the management of hypertension, angina pectoris, and cardiac arrhythmias.
- acephalous — having no head or one that is reduced and indistinct, as certain insect larvae
- acerbation — (rare) Bitterness of feeling.
- acervation — a heaping or piling up, gathering, accumulation
- acetometer — a device for measuring the concentration of acetic acid in a solution, esp in vinegar
- acetonemia — ketonemia.
- acetonuria — ketonuria.
- acetyl coa — the acetylated form of coenzyme A, formed as an intermediate in the oxidation of carbohydrates, fats, and protein in animal metabolism.
- acherontic — Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
- achitophel — Ahithophel
- achondrite — a rare stony meteorite that consists mainly of silicate minerals and has the texture of igneous rock but contains no chondrules
- achromasia — Absence of normal skin pigmentation (from bruising, stress or disease); pallor or achromia.
- achromatic — without colour
- achromatin — the material of the nucleus of a cell that does not stain with basic dyes
- achromycin — tetracycline
- acid house — Acid house is a type of electronic dance music with a strong, repeated rhythm.
- acid-proof — resistant to the action of acid
- acidogenic — producing acid, as bacteria, or causing acidity, as of the urine.
- acidolysis — decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and an acid.
- acidometer — a type of hydrometer for measuring the relative density of an acid solution, esp the acid in a battery
- acidophile — Biology, Ecology. acidophilic.
- acidophils — Plural form of acidophil.
- acinaceous — containing or consisting of kernels, particularly the seeds or stones of grapes
- acinarious — covered with globose vesicles resembling grape seeds, as certain algae.
- acknowledg — Obsolete form of acknowledge.
- acoelomate — any animal without a body cavity, such as a flatworm
- acolouthos — the chief of the Varangian guard in the Byzantine empire during the Palaeologan period
- acorn tube — a small vacuum tube shaped like an acorn
- acorn worm — any of various small burrowing marine animals of the genus Balanoglossus and related genera, having an elongated wormlike body with an acorn-shaped eversible proboscis at the head end: subphylum Hemichordata (hemichordates)
- acotyledon — any plant, such as a fern or moss, that does not possess cotyledons
- acoustical — acoustic; specif., having to do with the control of sound
- acousticks — Obsolete form of acoustics.
- acquisitor — a person who has a tendency to acquire (information or ideas), or a desire to possess
- acroamatic — relating to oral communication
- acrobatics — Acrobatics are acrobatic movements.
- acrobatism — the art, or feats, of the acrobat
- acrogenous — (botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
- acrogynous — having the female reproductive organ arising from the apical cell of the stem, thereby terminating its growth, as certain liverworts.
- acromegaly — a chronic disease characterized by enlargement of the bones of the head, hands, and feet, and swelling and enlargement of soft tissue, esp the tongue. It is caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone by the pituitary gland
- acromicria — abnormal smallness of the head and extremities.
- acronychal — occurring at sunset
- acronyming — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acronymous — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acrophobia — abnormal fear or dread of being at a great height
- acrophobic — a pathological fear of heights.
- acrophonic — the use of what was originally a logogram as a phonetic symbol for the initial sound of the word the logogram represented, as, in Semitic writing, the use of a picture of a shepherd's crook to represent the sound (l), the first sound of lamed, the Hebrew word for a shepherd's crook.
- acrostical — relating to an acrostic
- acroterial — relating to an acroter