11-letter words containing e, s, c, o, t
- betulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Betulaceae, a family of mostly N temperate catkin-bearing trees and shrubs such as birch and alder, some species of which reach the northern limits of tree growth
- big society — the devolution of political power and social responsibility to local communities as opposed to centralized political power and state control
- bioethicist — a field of study concerned with the ethics and philosophical implications of certain biological and medical procedures, technologies, and treatments, as organ transplants, genetic engineering, and care of the terminally ill.
- biogenetics — the branch of biology concerned with altering the genomes of living organisms
- biokinetics — the study of movements of or within organisms.
- biomimetics — the study and development of synthetic systems that mimic the formation, function, or structure of biologically produced substances and materials and biological mechanisms and processes.
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- bisociative — relating to bisociation
- blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
- blastocoele — the segmentation cavity of a developing ovum or of the blastula
- bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
- blockbuster — A blockbuster is a film or book that is very popular and successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- broadcasted — to transmit (programs) from a radio or television station.
- broadcaster — A broadcaster is someone who gives talks or takes part in interviews and discussions on radio or television programmes.
- bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- c-odescript — (language) A Liana interpreter, embeddable in C and C++ programs.
- cacoepistic — Of or relating to mispronounced words.
- cacomistles — Plural form of cacomistle.
- cadet corps — a group of school pupils receiving elementary military training in a school corps
- cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- 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.
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- cantonments — Plural form of cantonment.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
- carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- case method — Also called case-study method [keys-stuhd-ee] /ˈkeɪsˈstʌd i/ (Show IPA). the teaching or elucidation of a subject or issue through analysis and discussion of actual cases, as in business education.
- case*method — An analysis and design method from Oracle targeted at information management applications.
- castellanos — Julio [hoo-lyaw] /ˈhu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–47, Mexican painter.
- castelvetro — Lodovico [loh-duh-vee-koh;; Italian law-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌloʊ dəˈvi koʊ;; Italian ˌlɔ dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1505–71, Italian philologist and literary critic.
- castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
- castor bean — the seed of this plant
- catabolites — Plural form of catabolite.
- cataloguers — Plural form of cataloguer.
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- categorised — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizes — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- cattle show — a competitive event at which farmers show their best cattle
- cattle-stop — a grid of metal bars covering a hollow or hole dug in a roadway, intended to prevent the passage of livestock while allowing vehicles, etc, to pass unhindered
- cecostomies — Plural form of cecostomy.
- ceilometers — Plural form of ceilometer.
- celebrators — Plural form of celebrator.
- cenancestor — The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.