11-letter words containing o, r, t, c, l
- 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.
- stock clerk — a worker in a stockroom who is in charge of the materials and goods stored there.
- stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stony coral — a true coral consisting of numerous anthozoan polyps embedded in the calcareous material that they secrete.
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- straw color — a pale yellow similar to the color of straw.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- supracostal — above the rib
- tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
- tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
- taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
- technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
- telecontrol — the remote control of electronic devices
- 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).
- 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.
- terry-cloth — the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- 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.
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- three-color — having or characterized by the use of three colors.
- throatlatch — a strap that passes under a horse's throat and helps to hold a bridle or halter in place.
- 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.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- toll charge — traffic fee payable on a road
- tone colour — the quality of a musical sound that is conditioned or distinguished by the upper partials or overtones present in it
- torticollis — a condition in which the neck is twisted and the head inclined to one side, caused by spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the neck.
- touristical — of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism: She embarked on her itinerary with high touristic fervor.
- tower block — a high-rise building.
- translocate — to move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace; dislocate.
- trial court — the court in which a controversy is first adjudicated (distinguished from appellate division).
- trichlorfon — metrifonate.
- trichloride — a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl 3 .
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- tricoloured — having three colours
- trim cooler — A trim cooler is a water-cooled heat exchanger which is used in addition to an air-cooled heat exchanger.
- trincomalee — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- trobar clus — a complex and obscure style of writing adopted by some 12th-century Provençal poets.
- troglodytic — a prehistoric cave dweller.
- trolley car — a streetcar propelled electrically by current taken by means of a trolley from a conducting wire strung overhead or running beneath a slot between the tracks.
- trombiculid — (of a mite) belonging to the family Trombiculidae
- trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- tropicality — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
- tuberculoma — a tumour or other mass that grows from a tuberculous lesion or caused by the tubercle bacillus
- tuberculose — tuberculate.
- tuberculous — tubercular.
- turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles