11-letter words containing o, n, t, u
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- cannulation — a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- cataloguing — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- catch up on — to engage in more (work, sleep, etc.) so as to compensate for earlier neglect
- causational — the action of causing or producing.
- centuriator — a historian who compiles work by centuries, esp one of the writers of the Magdeburg Centuries
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
- cineritious — See cinereous.
- cinquecento — the 16th century, esp in reference to Italian art, architecture, or literature
- circulation — The circulation of a newspaper or magazine is the number of copies that are sold each time it is produced.
- cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- coadjutants — Plural form of coadjutant.
- coadunation — (obsolete) union into a single body or mass; unity.
- coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
- coagulating — Present participle of coagulate.
- coagulation — Coagulation is the process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid, for example, the process that results in the formation of a blood clot.
- coati-mundi — coati
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- coconstruct — To construct together.
- coconut ice — a sweetmeat made from desiccated coconut and sugar
- coconut oil — the fatty oil obtained from the meat of the coconut and used for making soap, cosmetics, etc
- coconut shy — a fairground stall in which balls are thrown to knock coconuts off stands
- coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
- coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
- coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- colluctancy — (obsolete, rare) A struggle to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
- colouration — (British spelling) alternative spelling of coloration.
- colourpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- columnistic — belonging or relating to a columnist
- combustions — Plural form of combustion.
- come out in — If you come out in spots, you become covered with them.
- comment out — (programming) To surround a section of code with comment delimiters or to prefix every line in the section with a comment marker. This prevents it from being compiled or interpreted. It is often done to temporarily disable the code, e.g. during debugging or when the code is redundant or obsolete, but is being left in the source to make the intent of the active code clearer. The word "comment" is sometimes replaced with whatever syntax is used to mark comments in the language in question, e.g. "hash out" (shell script, Perl), "REM out" (BASIC), etc. Compare condition out.
- comminuting — Present participle of comminute.
- comminution — The action of reducing a material, an ore, to minute particles or fragments.
- communalist — An advocate of communalism.
- communality — the state or condition of being communal.
- communicant — A communicant is a person in the Christian church who receives communion.
- communicate — to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc