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11-letter words containing e, o, c

  • calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
  • camel corps — a brigade of infantry mounted on camels used by the British army in various campaigns
  • camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
  • cameo glass — an ornamental glass in which two layers, often blue and opaque white, have been cased, and on which the design has been treated in the manner of a cameo.
  • cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
  • camerawoman — a woman who operates a film or television camera
  • camerawomen — Plural form of camerawoman.
  • cameroonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Republic of Cameroon or its inhabitants
  • camino real — a main road; highway.
  • camouflaged — concealed or disguised
  • camouflages — Plural form of camouflage.
  • camp robber — Canada jay
  • campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
  • campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
  • camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
  • camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
  • camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
  • camphorweed — vinegarweed.
  • cancelation — an act of canceling.
  • cancelmoose — (messaging)   A semi-mythical being that cancels Usenet articles posted by others. (In general, an article can only be cancelled by its original author.) The Cancelmoose's usual target is spam or extremely excessive cross-posting. Some believe that the Cancelmoose exists only in the same mythic sense that B1FF, the NSA line eater and Shub Internet exist; others consider Cancelmoose's historicity to be closer to that of Kibo. The latter group assume that the real Cancelmoose is not one person (or moose), but instead is a cabal of NNTP wonks. However, the Cancelmoose is probably real, seeing as how it has its own website.
  • canceration — the process of becoming cancerous
  • cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
  • candle-foot — foot-candle
  • candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
  • candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
  • caneworking — A glassblowing technique that uses rods of coloured glass to add intricate patterns and stripes to blown glass objects.
  • canker sore — an ulceration, esp of the lips or lining of the oral cavity
  • cankerworms — Plural form of cankerworm.
  • cannel coal — a dull coal having a high volatile content and burning with a smoky luminous flame
  • cannon bone — a bone in the legs of horses and other hoofed animals consisting of greatly elongated fused metatarsals or metacarpals
  • cannot seem — If you say that you cannot seem or could not seem to do something, you mean that you have tried to do it and were unable to.
  • canoe birch — paper birch.
  • cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
  • canto fermo — a melody that is the basis to which other parts are added in polyphonic music
  • cantonments — Plural form of cantonment.
  • caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
  • cape blanco — a peninsula in Mauritania, on the Atlantic coast
  • cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
  • cape collar — a soft, wide, circular collar that covers the shoulders and the upper arms like a cape.
  • cape colony — the name from 1652 until 1910 of the former Cape Province of South Africa
  • cape doctor — a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer
  • cape pigeon — a species of seagoing petrel, Daption capensis, with characteristic white wing patches: a common winter visitor off the coasts of southern Africa: family Diomedeidae
  • cape-glossa — Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.
  • capernoited — capricious
  • capernoitie — the head
  • capped hock — any swelling, inflammatory or otherwise, on the point of the hock of horses.
  • captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
  • car journey — a trip or voyage made by automobile
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