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11-letter words containing e, o, l, i, c

  • solicitudes — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
  • specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • stereocilia — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
  • subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
  • subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
  • suzie cobol — /soo'zee koh'bol/ 1. (IBM, probably from Frank Zappa's "Suzy Creamcheese") A coder straight out of training school who knows everything except the value of comments in plain English. Also (fashionable among personkind wishing to avoid accusations of sexism) "Sammy Cobol" or (in some non-IBM circles) "Cobol Charlie". 2. (proposed) Meta-name for any code grinder, analogous to J. Random Hacker.
  • swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
  • tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
  • technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
  • technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
  • telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
  • telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
  • telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
  • telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
  • tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
  • term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
  • terricolous — living on or in the ground.
  • the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
  • the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
  • theogonical — of or relating to theogony
  • theological — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
  • theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
  • thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
  • tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
  • tocqueville — Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de [a-lek-see sharl ahn-ree maw-rees kley-rel duh] /a lɛkˈsi ˈʃarl ɑ̃ˈri mɔˈris kleɪˈrɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, French statesman and author.
  • toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
  • trichloride — a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl 3 .
  • trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • tricoloured — having three colours
  • trim cooler — A trim cooler is a water-cooled heat exchanger which is used in addition to an air-cooled heat exchanger.
  • trincomalee — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
  • tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
  • turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
  • ulcerogenic — producing or inducing the formation of an ulcer.
  • uncongenial — agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.
  • undecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 36 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 66 zeros.
  • undelicious — highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell: a delicious dinner; a delicious aroma.
  • undisclosed — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
  • undomiciled — a place of residence; abode; house or home.
  • unequivocal — not equivocal; unambiguous; clear; having only one possible meaning or interpretation: an unequivocal indication of assent; unequivocal proof.
  • unicolorate — of one colour
  • unicoloured — of one uniform colour
  • union scale — scale3 (def 6).
  • unlocalized — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
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