11-letter words containing e, o, c
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- collaborate — When one person or group collaborates with another, they work together, especially on a book or on some research.
- collagenase — an enzyme that decomposes collagen
- collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
- collapsable — capable of collapsing or of being collapsed, as for carrying or storing.
- collapsible — A collapsible object is designed to be folded flat when it is not being used.
- collar cell — choanocyte.
- collarbones — Plural form of collarbone.
- collaterals — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
- collectable — A collectable object is one which is valued very highly by collectors because it is rare or beautiful.
- collectanea — a collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology
- collectedly — In a collected manner; calmly.
- collectible — that can be collected
- collections — Plural form of collection.
- collectives — Plural form of collective.
- college try — an enthusiastic attempt that utilizes all one's energy and resources
- collegially — collegiate.
- collegiates — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
- collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
- collenchyme — Botany. a gelatinous, thickened, and usually elongated cell that is part of a layer of modified tissue in some plants.
- colleterial — relating to a glandular organ (colleterium) in some insects
- colligative — (of a physical property of a substance) depending on the concentrations of atoms, ions, and molecules that are present rather than on their nature
- collinearly — lying in the same straight line.
- colliquable — capable of dissolving
- collocative — the act of collocating.
- collusively — in a collusive manner
- colonelcies — an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking between lieutenant colonel and brigadier general: corresponding to a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- colonelling — the act of behaving like a colonel
- colonialize — to make colonial
- colonizable — Capable of being colonized.
- colonoscope — an instrument for examining the colon, consisting of a flexible lighted tube that is inserted in the colon to look for abnormalities and to remove them or take tissue samples
- colophonies — Plural form of colophony.
- color force — Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.
- color index — the difference between the apparent photographic magnitude and the apparent visual magnitude of a star.
- color model — colour model
- color phase — a variant, atypical coloration of fur, feathers, skin, etc. occurring in an individual or an animal group
- color wheel — Art. one of a pair of primary or secondary colors opposed to the other member of the pair on a schematic chart or scale (color wheel) as green opposed to red, orange opposed to blue, or violet opposed to yellow. Compare analogous color. the relationship of these pairs of colors perceived as completing or enhancing each other.
- color-coded — Things that are color-coded use colors to represent different features or functions.
- color-field — designating or of a style of abstract painting in which colors are applied to a canvas, often in large patches, with little variation in tone and little emphasis on form
- color-slide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- coloradoite — a mineral, mercury telluride, HgTe, occurring in the form of grayish-black masses.
- colorbearer — a person who carries the colors or standard, especially of a military body. Compare guidon (def 2).
- colorcaster — an announcer, especially in sports, who provides supplementary information or comment.
- colorimeter — an apparatus for determining the concentration of a solution of a coloured substance by comparing the intensity of its colour with that of a standard solution or with standard colour slides
- colorimetry — the analysis or measurement of color by means of a colorimeter
- colorlessly — In a colorless manner.
- colostomies — Plural form of colostomy.
- colour code — a system of easily distinguishable colours, as for the identification of electrical wires or resistors
- colour line — the social separation of racial groups within a community (esp in the phrase to cross the colour line)