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11-letter words containing l, a, c, t, o

  • occipitalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontal muscle.
  • occipitally — from an occipital point of view
  • occultation — Astronomy. the passage of one celestial body in front of another, thus hiding the other from view: applied especially to the moon's coming between an observer and a star or planet.
  • ochlocratic — Pertaining to ochlocracy.
  • octachordal — having or consisting of eight notes or eight strings
  • octagonally — In an octagonal manner.
  • octal forty — (jargon)   Jargon for "I'm drawing a blank.", I can't work it out.
  • octonocular — eight-eyed
  • octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
  • old castile — a region in N Spain: formerly a province.
  • old scratch — the devil; Satan.
  • olfactology — the medical science which studies the sense of smell
  • olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
  • olfactorily — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
  • oligochaete — any of various annelids of the family Oligochaeta, including earthworms and certain small, freshwater species, having locomotory setae sunk directly in the body wall.
  • one old cat — a form of baseball in which there is a home plate and one other base, and in which a player remains at bat and scores runs by hitting the ball and running to the base and back without being put out.
  • ontological — of or relating to ontology, the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such; metaphysical: Some of the U.S. founders held an ontological belief in natural rights.
  • operculated — relating to the operculum
  • ophicalcite — a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite
  • optical art — op art.
  • oracularity — Oracular speech or behaviour.
  • oral cavity — inside of the mouth
  • orthoclases — Plural form of orthoclase.
  • oscillating — Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion.
  • oscillation — an act or instance of oscillating.
  • oscillative — disposed to oscillation
  • oscillators — Plural form of oscillator.
  • oscillatory — characterized by or involving oscillation.
  • osmotically — Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
  • osteoclases — Plural form of osteoclasis.
  • osteoclasis — Physiology. the breaking down or absorption of osseous tissue.
  • osteoclasts — Plural form of osteoclast.
  • outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
  • outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
  • outclassing — Present participle of outclass.
  • oxalacetate — a salt of oxaloacetic acid
  • palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
  • paleoarctic — palearctic.
  • paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
  • paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
  • pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
  • paracetamol — painkilling drug
  • parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
  • parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
  • patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
  • pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
  • perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
  • percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
  • philomathic — relating to or enjoying the process of learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
  • pictorially — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
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