14-letter words containing o, c, t, a
- heterolecithal — having an unequal distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
- histologically — In an histological manner.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- holoplanktonic — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humidification — to make humid.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hydroextractor — a device that dries things by means of the material to be dried being spun around the device's central axis
- hydrolytically — By means of hydrolysis.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydropathicity — (chemistry) The relative hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of a compound, especially of an amino acid residue in a protein.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperchromatic — Hyperchromic.
- hyperkeratotic — Pathology. proliferation of the cells of the cornea. a thickening of the horny layer of the skin.
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypertrophical — relating to hypertrophy
- hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
- hypocritically — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypostatically — In a hypostatic manner.
- hypothetically — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
- ibm compatible — (computer) A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway 2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the market, marginalising IBM.
- ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
- ichthyological — Of or pertaining to ichthyology. Adjective form of ichthyology.
- ichthyophagist — a person who eats or subsists on fish.
- ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- idiopathically — In an idiopathic sense or manner.
- image orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.
- immethodically — Unmethodically.
- immunoreaction — Immune reaction.
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
- in circulation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
- in countenance — calm; composed
- in the face of — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- inarticulation — (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.