12-letter words containing o, c, t, a
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- autochthonal — Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
- autochthones — Alternative spelling of autochthons.
- autochthonic — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autocomplete — a feature of a word processor, email program, web browser, etc., that automatically predicts the remaining characters in a word or phrase based on what has been typed or input before: If you supply the information, your browser will be able to use autocomplete to fill out online forms.
- autocratical — Autocratic.
- autocritique — the examination of factors guiding one's thoughts, beliefs and actions; self-criticism
- autodestruct — likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessor
- autodidactic — a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
- autoeciously — in an autoecious manner
- autoexec.bat — (operating system) The batch file containing commands, loaded by MS-DOS after running CONFIG.SYS. AUTOEXEC.BAT contains normal DOS commands and can be used for additional system configuration such as setting paths and variables, configuring network connections and running application programs.
- autohypnotic — Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- automaticity — the condition of being automatic, or the degree of this
- autoptically — in an autoptical manner
- autoreactive — (immunology, medicine) Acting against the organism by which it was produced.
- autorhythmic — That generates its own rhythm.
- autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
- autotheistic — Self-worshiping; prideful in the extreme.
- averruncator — a long pair of shears used for pruning the higher branches of trees
- avitaminotic — of or relating to avitaminosis
- azcapotzalco — a city in central Mexico: suburb of Mexico City; a cultural center during the pre-Columbian period.
- azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
- babcock test — a test for determining the butterfat content of milk and milk products, conducted by adding sulfuric acid to a sample and then centrifuging it in a flask with a calibrated neck in which the liquefied fat collects.
- bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
- back catalog — A musical performer's back catalog is the music that they recorded and released in the past rather than their latest recordings.
- back country — The back country is an area that is a long way from any city and has very few people living in it.
- back to back — (of two similar events) following one immediately after the other; in unbroken sequence; consecutively: After losing all day, he picked winners back to back in the last two races.
- back to taws — back to the beginning
- back-stopped — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- back-to-back — Back-to-back wins or victories are victories that are gained one after another without any defeats between them.
- backcourtman — any of the players stationed in the backcourt; a guard
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- bacteriostat — any substance that arrests the growth or reproduction of bacteria but does not kill them
- bad scran to — bad luck to
- ball control — the skill of controlling the ball in a game such as football or tennis
- balto-slavic — the Baltic and Slavic languages, when considered as constituting a subfamily within the Indo-European family of languages: the Baltic and Slavic branches are now generally considered by scholars as independently derived from Indo-European
- bank account — A bank account is an arrangement with a bank which allows you to keep your money in the bank and to take some out when you need it.
- barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
- baroreceptor — a collection of sensory nerve endings, principally in the carotid sinuses and the aortic arch, that monitor blood pressure changes in the body
- basification — the process of making something alkaline
- bathochromic — denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- battological — tending to repeat words unnecessarily
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- bean counter — You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money.
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).