10-letter words containing m, o, t
- bumblefoot — a swelling, sometimes purulent, of the ball of the foot in fowl.
- button man — soldier (sense 2) soldier (sense 2b)
- buttonmold — a small disk of wood, metal, etc., which is covered as with cloth or leather to form a button
- 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.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- 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.
- cameltoe's — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- cameration — vaulting
- camorrista — a member of a camorra
- camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
- camphorate — to apply, treat with, or impregnate with camphor
- campstools — Plural form of campstool.
- camptonite — a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.
- cantonment — A cantonment is a group of buildings or a camp where soldiers live.
- cardiotomy — (surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- cartograms — Plural form of cartogram.
- cartomancy — the telling of fortunes with playing cards
- 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.
- ceilometer — a device for determining the cloud ceiling, esp by means of a reflected light beam
- centermost — Alternative form of centremost.
- centremost — Closest to the centre.
- centromere — the dense nonstaining region of a chromosome that attaches it to the spindle during mitosis
- centrosome — a small body in a cell where microtubules are produced. In animal cells it surrounds the centriole
- chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
- chart room — chart house.
- 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
- chemotroph — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chicoutimi — city in SC Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River: pop. 63,000
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chomophyte — any plant that grows on rocky ledges or in fissures and crevices
- chordotomy — an operation to paralyse nerve tracts in the spinal chord in order to relieve pain associated with certain conditions
- chromatics — the science of colour
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromatism — chromatic aberration
- chromatoid — Resembling chromatin.
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- 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
- citalopram — an antidepressant drug, C 20 H 22 BrFN 20 , of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain.
- clapometer — a device that measures applause
- claymation — the techniques of animation applied to clay models