11-letter words containing o, t, e, r
- c-odescript — (language) A Liana interpreter, embeddable in C and C++ programs.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- cadet corps — a group of school pupils receiving elementary military training in a school corps
- caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
- calefactory — giving warmth
- californite — vesuvianite jade.
- calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
- calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- canceration — the process of becoming cancerous
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- canto fermo — a melody that is the basis to which other parts are added in polyphonic music
- cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
- cape doctor — a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer
- capernoited — capricious
- capernoitie — the head
- carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
- carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
- carburettor — A carburettor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and petrol are mixed together to form a vapour which can be burned.
- cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
- carnationed — having the colour of flesh
- carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
- carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
- carpet plot — the graphed values of a function of more than one variable, read from an ordinate at points located by the intersection of curves of constant values of each of the variables
- carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
- carrot cake — a sweet cake made with grated carrots
- cartoonlike — cartoonish
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- castelvetro — Lodovico [loh-duh-vee-koh;; Italian law-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌloʊ dəˈvi koʊ;; Italian ˌlɔ dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1505–71, Italian philologist and literary critic.
- castor bean — the seed of this plant
- cataloguers — Plural form of cataloguer.
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- categorical — If you are categorical about something, you state your views very definitely and firmly.
- categorised — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizes — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- catercorner — diagonal.
- cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
- cattle prod — A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
- ceftriaxone — (pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic cephalosporin antibiotic.
- ceilometers — Plural form of ceilometer.