11-letter words containing g, o, t, s, c
- ostrich egg — the large egg produced by a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes
- outclassing — Present participle of outclass.
- outcrossing — Present participle of outcross.
- outsourcing — (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.
- overcasting — Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- phycologist — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- postcollege — an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university.
- postglacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prospecting — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- pyrognostic — relating to heated minerals
- sanctioning — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- scattergood — a spendthrift.
- scientology — the philosophy of the Church of Scientology, a nondenominational movement founded in the US in the 1950s, which emphasizes self-knowledge as a means of realizing full spiritual potential
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- sociologist — the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc.
- somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- steatopygic — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- syllogistic — of or relating to a syllogism.
- 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.
- 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
- thoughtcast — a mode of thought
- top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- uncongested — to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
- wainscoting — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- zygodactyls — Plural form of zygodactyl.
- zygomaticus — (anatomy) One of several small subcutaneous facial muscles arising from or in relation with the zygoma.
- zygomycetes — any of a wide variety of common fungi constituting the phylum Zygomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or the class Zygomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), in which sexual reproduction is by the formation of zygospores.