11-letter words containing c, r, o, s, d
- hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
- horse-faced — having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.
- hydrocorals — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroscopes — Plural form of hydroscope.
- hydroscopic — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- ice-scoured — noting an area having surface features resulting from scouring by an advancing ice sheet during glaciation.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- icosandrian — (of a plant) having at least twenty stamens
- icosandrous — belonging to the Icosandria, a class of plants
- incredulous — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- incrossbred — of or relating to the progeny that result from crossing inbred lines or varieties.
- introducers — Plural form of introducer.
- ischidrosis — Anhidrosis.
- jacob's rod — asphodel (sense 1)
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- loxodromics — the technique of navigating according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
- ludicrously — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- matchboards — Plural form of matchboard.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- microfarads — Plural form of microfarad.
- microsecond — a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Symbol: μsec.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- misericorde — (Middle English) an act of clemency; pity, mercy.
- misericords — Plural form of misericord.
- modernistic — modern.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- myocarditis — inflammation of the myocardium.
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nostradamic — of or pertaining to Nostradamus or resembling his work; prophetic
- octahedrons — Plural form of octahedron.
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- old scratch — the devil; Satan.
- orchardists — Plural form of orchardist.
- orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- osteodermic — of or like an osteoderm
- ostracoderm — any of several extinct jawless fishes of the Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian periods, having the body enclosed in an armor of bony plates.
- overmuscled — having muscles developed to excess
- overstocked — containing too many fish
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- precomposed — to compose beforehand: to precompose a reply to a possible question.
- predecessor — parent
- proceedings — a particular action or course or manner of action.
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.