10-letter words containing c, y, l, o, s
- cotyledons — Plural form of cotyledon.
- cotylosaur — any of various members of the extinct order of primitive and massive reptiles known as Cotylosauria, which lived between the Carboniferous and Triassic ages
- covetously — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- crystallo- — crystal
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
- culdoscopy — Endoscopy of the female pelvic organs by way of the vagina.
- cumbrously — In a cumbrous manner.
- cyclolysis — the weakening or extinction of a cyclone.
- cycloramas — Plural form of cyclorama.
- cyclosarin — Cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate, an extremely toxic substance used as a chemical weapon.
- cyclostome — any primitive aquatic jawless vertebrate of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey and hagfish, having a round sucking mouth and pouchlike gills
- cyclostyle — a kind of pen with a small toothed wheel, used for cutting minute holes in a specially prepared stencil. Copies of the design so formed can be printed on a duplicator by forcing ink through the holes
- cyclotrons — Plural form of cyclotron.
- cynomolgus — a macaque native to SE Asia
- cyrtostyle — a convex portico, as at an entrance.
- cystoceles — Plural form of cystocele.
- cystoliths — Plural form of cystolith.
- cytoclasis — destruction of cells.
- cytologies — the study of the microscopic appearance of cells, especially for the diagnosis of abnormalities and malignancies.
- cytologist — the study of the microscopic appearance of cells, especially for the diagnosis of abnormalities and malignancies.
- cytoplasms — Plural form of cytoplasm.
- cytoplasts — Plural form of cytoplast.
- day school — A day school is a school where the students go home every evening and do not live at the school. Compare boarding school.
- decastylos — a decastyle building, as a classical temple.
- decorously — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- dyscontrol — The inability to control one's behavior.
- escalatory — tending to escalate
- escapology — The study or art of escaping from a constriction, e.g. rope, handcuffs, etc.
- escatology — Alternative spelling of eschatology.
- factiously — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- galactosyl — the glycosyl radical of galactose
- glycolysis — the catabolism of carbohydrates, as glucose and glycogen, by enzymes, with the release of energy and the production of lactic or pyruvic acid.
- 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.
- graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- hollyhocks — Plural form of hollyhock.
- holy cross — Mount of the, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range: snow-filled, cross-shaped crevasses. 14,005 feet (4269 meters).
- hydroceles — Plural form of hydrocele.
- hydrosolic — of or relating to a hydrosol
- hypocotyls — Plural form of hypocotyl.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- insociably — in an insociable manner
- insolvency — the condition of being insolvent; bankruptcy.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- leucocytes — Plural form of leucocyte.
- leukocytes — white blood cell.