11-letter words containing m, i, c, o
- 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.
- biomolecule — a molecule occurring naturally in living organisms
- black vomit — vomit containing blood, often a manifestation of disease, such as yellow fever
- boring clam — piddock
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- bromic acid — a colourless unstable water-soluble liquid used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: HBrO3
- bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
- cacodemonic — relating to cacodemons
- cacomistles — Plural form of cacomistle.
- caddis worm — the wormlike larva of the caddis fly that usually lives in fresh water in an elongated case made of twigs, grains of sand, etc. cemented together with silk that it secretes: commonly used as bait by anglers
- cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
- calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
- calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
- calcariform — shaped like a calcar
- calico clam — any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Macrocallista, especially M. nimbosa, having a smooth, thick, rounded shell marked with violet-brown or lilac spots or streaks.
- californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
- calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
- calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- cameroonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Republic of Cameroon or its inhabitants
- camino real — a main road; highway.
- camouflagic — relating to camouflage
- campaniform — shaped like a bell
- camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
- camphor oil — a colorless liquid obtained from the wood of the camphor tree by distillation and separation from the solid camphor, used in varnish, soaps, and shoe polish, and in medicine chiefly as a rubefacient.
- canis major — a constellation in the S hemisphere close to Orion, containing Sirius, the brightest star in the sky
- canis minor — a small constellation in the N hemisphere close to Orion, containing the first magnitude star Procyon
- capilliform — Having the form of a hair.
- car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
- carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
- carcinomata — Plural form of carcinoma.
- cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
- cardiograms — Plural form of cardiogram.
- cardiomotor — relating to the action of the heart
- cardiospasm — failure of the muscle fibers at the lower end of the esophagus to relax, resulting in swallowing difficulty and regurgitation.
- carnivorism — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
- catabolisms — Plural form of catabolism.
- catholicism — Catholicism is the traditions, the behaviour, and the set of Christian beliefs that are held by Catholics.
- caudillismo — a political system organized under the rule of a caudillo
- cecostomies — Plural form of cecostomy.
- cefmenoxime — A particular third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- ceilometers — Plural form of ceilometer.
- cementation — the process of heating a solid with a powdered material to modify the properties of the solid, esp the heating of wrought iron, surrounded with charcoal, to 750–900°C to produce steel
- centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
- centromeric — Pertaining to, or characteristic of centromeres.
- centrosomic — Relating to the centrosome.
- ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
- cerebriform — resembling the brain in texture or structure