10-letter words containing m, o, s, t
- broomstick — A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end.
- bsp method — (programming) A CASE method from IBM.
- 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
- caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- cameltoe's — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camorrista — a member of a camorra
- camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
- campstools — Plural form of campstool.
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- cartograms — Plural form of cartogram.
- cat's meow — Slang. someone or something wonderful or remarkable.
- catabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are broken down into simple ones with the release of energy; destructive metabolism
- catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
- catostomid — (zoology) Any member of the Catostomidae.
- centermost — Alternative form of centremost.
- centremost — Closest to the centre.
- centrosome — a small body in a cell where microtubules are produced. In animal cells it surrounds the centriole
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chemostats — Plural form of chemostat.
- chemotaxis — the movement of a microorganism or cell in response to a chemical stimulus
- chromatics — the science of colour
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromatism — chromatic aberration
- chrysostom — Saint John. ?345–407 ad, Greek patriarch; archbishop of Constantinople (398–404). Feast day: Sept 13 or Nov 13
- cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
- coalmaster — the owner of a colliery
- coenosteum — the calcareous skeleton of a hydrocoral or a coral colony
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- collimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collimate.
- columnists — Plural form of columnist.
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- combatants — a nation engaged in active fighting with enemy forces.
- combusting — Present participle of combust.
- combustion — Combustion is the act of burning something or the process of burning.
- combustive — the act or process of burning.
- combustors — Plural form of combustor.
- come first — If you say that someone or something comes first for a particular person, you mean they treat or consider that person or thing as more important than anything else.
- comestible — food
- comforters — Plural form of comforter.
- comiserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- comitadjis — members of any guerrilla band in the Balkan countries or Macedonia
- committals — Plural form of committal.
- committees — Plural form of committee.
- commotions — Plural form of commotion.
- communists — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- communitas — the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.
- compactors — Plural form of compactor.
- compensate — To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.