10-letter words containing o, t, c
- astrocytes — Plural form of astrocyte.
- astrocytic — relating to astrocytes or star-shaped neuroglial cells
- astromancy — divination by means of the stars.
- astronomic — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
- atascadero — a town in SW California.
- atef-crown — a symbolic headdress of certain Egyptian gods, as Osiris, and of Egyptian kings, consisting of a tall conical cap flanked by two plumes and bearing representations of the uraeus and the sun.
- atomic age — the period characterized by the use of atomic energy: regarded as beginning with the creation of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction on December 2, 1942
- atomically — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- atrocities — acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime
- atrocity's — the quality or state of being atrocious.
- attack dog — a dog trained to attack on command
- attic room — a room in the attic of a house
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- attraction — An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
- attractors — Plural form of attractor.
- au courant — up-to-date, esp in knowledge of current affairs
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- auctioning — Present participle of auction.
- autecology — the ecological study of an individual organism or species
- auto court — motel.
- autochrome — a material once used for color photography, consisting of a photographic emulsion applied over a multicolored screen of minute starch grains dyed red, green, and blue-violet.
- autochthon — one of the earliest known inhabitants of any country; aboriginal
- autoclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of autoclave.
- autoclaves — Plural form of autoclave.
- autocratic — An autocratic person or organization has complete power and makes decisions without asking anyone else's advice.
- autodidact — a person who is self-taught
- autoecious — (of parasites, esp the rust fungi) completing the entire life cycle on a single species of host
- autoerotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- automatics — Plural form of automatic.
- autonoetic — Of or relating to autonoesis.
- autonomics — the study of self-regulating systems for process control
- autophobic — Of or pertaining to autophobia.
- autoscopic — of or relating to an out-of-body experience
- autotropic — Growing in a straight line.
- avocations — Plural form of avocation.
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- axiomatics — the study of axioms
- back float — a floating position on one's back with arms extended out to the sides and face upward.
- back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- back quote — (character) "`" ASCII code 96. Common names: left quote; left single quote; open quote; ITU-T: grave accent; grave. Rare: backprime; INTERCAL: backspark; unapostrophe; birk; blugle; back tick; back glitch; push; ITU-T: opening single quotation mark; quasiquote. Back quote is used in Unix shells to invoke command substitution.
- back story — background information provided, often in narrative form, to give help in understanding something, as the behavior of a character in a film
- back tooth — a tooth in the back of your jaw
- back-cloth — backdrop (def 1).
- backcloths — Plural form of backcloth.
- backcourts — Plural form of backcourt.
- backend-to — in a reversed position; backward.
- backstroke — Backstroke is a swimming stroke that you do lying on your back.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological