11-letter words containing o, c, t, i, l, e
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
- re-election — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
- reclination — to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
- redactional — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- refocillate — to refresh, revive, give new life
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- replication — a reply; answer.
- reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- riot police — police armed against public disorder
- roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
- school time — the period of the day or year when children are at school
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- scientology — the philosophy of the Church of Scientology, a nondenominational movement founded in the US in the 1950s, which emphasizes self-knowledge as a means of realizing full spiritual potential
- sclerotitis — scleritis.
- sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- solicitudes — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- stereocilia — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
- technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
- technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
- telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- terricolous — living on or in the ground.
- the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
- the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
- theogonical — of or relating to theogony
- theological — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
- theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
- thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
- tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
- tocqueville — Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de [a-lek-see sharl ahn-ree maw-rees kley-rel duh] /a lɛkˈsi ˈʃarl ɑ̃ˈri mɔˈris kleɪˈrɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, French statesman and author.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- trichloride — a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl 3 .