10-letter words containing l, a, c, t, o
- apoplectic — If someone is apoplectic, they are extremely angry about something.
- apothecial — Lb lichenology Relating to the apothecium.
- applicator — An applicator is a device that you use to put something somewhere when you do not want to touch it or do it with your hands.
- archivolts — Plural form of archivolt.
- arctophile — a person who collects teddy bears or is fond of them
- arctophily — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- aromatical — (rare) aromatic.
- art school — tertiary level college for students of art
- astacology — the investigation and analysis of crayfish
- atomically — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- autecology — the ecological study of an individual organism or species
- autoclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of autoclave.
- autoclaves — Plural form of autoclave.
- back float — a floating position on one's back with arms extended out to the sides and face upward.
- back-cloth — backdrop (def 1).
- backcloths — Plural form of backcloth.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- balconette — a lightly padded bra that is designed to lift and enhance the appearance of a woman's bust
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- bark cloth — a papery fabric made from the fibrous inner bark of various trees, esp of the moraceous genus Ficus and the leguminous genus Brachystegia
- batticaloa — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- biblioteca — a library.
- bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
- biocellate — (of animals and plants) marked with two eyelike spots or ocelli
- bioclastic — (of deposits, esp limestones) derived from shell fragments or similar organic remains
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- black knot — a fungal disease of plums and cherries caused by Dibotryon morbosum, characterized by rough black knotlike swellings on the twigs and branches
- black spot — If you describe a place, time, or part of a situation as a black spot, you mean that it is particularly bad or likely to cause problems.
- blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- blastocoel — the cavity within a blastula
- blastocyst — the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
- blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
- block mast — a short mast from the head of which a lateen yard is suspended.
- booty call — a meeting arranged for the purpose of having sex
- bottle cap — a device for closing or sealing a bottle, especially a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle.
- boucicault — Dion (ˈdaɪɒn), real name Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot. 1822–90, Irish dramatist and actor. His plays include London Assurance (1841), The Octoroon (1859), and The Shaughran (1874)
- broadcloth — fabric woven on a wide loom
- brocatelle — a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cacodylate — a salt of cacodylic acid.
- cacomistle — a catlike omnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, of S North America, related to but smaller than the raccoons: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). It has yellowish-grey fur and a long bushy tail banded in black and white
- cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
- cajolement — The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calceolate — shaped like a slipper, as the large, middle petal of an orchid
- calcitonin — a hormone secreted by the thyroid that inhibits the release of calcium from the skeleton and prevents a build-up of calcium in the blood
- calcitriol — Biochemistry. a vitamin D compound, C 27 H 44 O 3 , occurring in humans as a hormone derived from cholesterol, that acts in the regulation and absorption of calcium.