11-letter words containing o, c, t, a, h
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- cut throats — a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
- cycadophyte — any plant belonging to the phylum Cycadophyta
- cyclothymia — a condition characterized by periodical swings of mood between excitement and depression, activity and inactivity
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- czestochowa — an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Warta: pilgrimage centre. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichromatic — having or consisting of only two colours
- dog-catcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- dogcatchers — Plural form of dogcatcher.
- donut peach — fruit
- earth-color — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- echolocated — Simple past tense and past participle of echolocate.
- echolocator — An organism capable of echolocation.
- ectothermal — coldblooded (sense 1)
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- eschatology — The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
- ethanedioic — designating a type of acid
- ethological — Of or pertaining to ethology.
- euchromatin — the part of a chromosome that constitutes the major genes and does not stain strongly with basic dyes when the cell is not dividing
- fianchettos — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fianchetto.
- focal depth — lens: distance of sharp focus
- fucoxanthin — a brown carotenoid pigment occurring in brown algae, diatoms, and dinoflagellates.
- gastrotrich — any of the microscopic, multicellular animals of the class or phylum Gastrotricha, of fresh or salt waters, characterized by bands of cilia on the ventral surface of the bottle-shaped or ribbony body and by a protrusible feeding apparatus at the mouth.
- ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- goat cheese — a cheese containing goat's milk, either alone or mixed with cow's milk, usually having a stronger flavor than one made of cow's milk alone.
- gothic arch — a pointed arch, especially one having only two centers and equal radii.
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- haematocele — Alternative spelling of hematocele.
- haematocrit — Alternative spelling of hematocrit.
- haemostatic — That promotes haemostasis.
- halo effect — a predisposition to admire all of a person's actions, work, etc., because of an estimable quality or action in the past.
- haltom city — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- hammercloth — a cloth covering for the driver's seat on a horse-drawn carriage.
- haptotropic — relating to haptotropism
- hard sector — (storage) An archaic floppy disk format employing multiple synchronisation holes in the media to define the sectors.
- hard-coated — having a coarsely textured coat, as a dog.
- harmonicist — Someone who plays the harmonica.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- harnoncourt — Nikolaus. 1929–2016, Austrian conductor and cellist, noted for his performances using period instruments
- hatchet job — a maliciously destructive critique or act: The special committee has done a hatchet job on the new proposal.