12-letter words containing o, c, t, a
- caliginosity — darkness
- call collect — If you call collect when you make a telephone call, the person who you are phoning pays the cost of the call and not you.
- call of duty — responsibilities
- call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
- call to arms — a command to report for active military duty.
- call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
- caloreceptor — a receptor stimulated by heat.
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
- calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- camphor tree — a lauraceous evergreen E Asian tree, Cinnamomum camphora, whose aromatic wood yields camphor
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- canalisation — The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal.
- canalization — the act of canalizing
- cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
- canine tooth — canine (def 2).
- canonisation — Alternative spelling of canonization.
- canonization — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- cantillation — the traditional notation representing the various traditional Jewish melodies to which scriptural passages are chanted
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- canton crepe — a fine crinkled silk or rayon crepe fabric, slightly heavier than crepe de Chine
- canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
- canton river — Zhu Jiang.
- capacitation — to make capable; enable.
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- cape-lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
- capital cost — a cost incurred on the purchase of land, buildings, construction and equipment to be used in the production of goods or the rendering of services
- capital loss — A capital loss is a loss on investment property.
- capitol hill — the area around the Capitol in Washington, DC
- capitol peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,130 feet (4310 meters).
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- carbocations — Plural form of carbocation.
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- card catalog — a file of cards of uniform size arranged in some definite order and listing the items in the collection of a library or group of libraries, each card typically identifying a single item.
- card counter — a casino player who memorizes or records which cards have been played in previous hands in order to calculate the odds on receiving winning cards or combinations from those remaining to be dealt, the practice often being held as illegal.
- cardan joint — type of universal joint
- cardioactive — of or relating to a drug or other substance affecting the function of the heart.
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- cargo pocket — a large patch pocket, usually pleated at the sides and often having a flap.