11-letter words containing o, u, t, c
- circulatory — Circulatory means relating to the circulation of blood in the body.
- civil court — a court of law in which civil cases are tried and determined. See also civil law (def 1).
- cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- close quote — (used by a speaker to indicate the end of a quotation.)
- close up/to — If you look at something close up or close to, you look at it when you are very near to it.
- clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus
- cloudbursts — Plural form of cloudburst.
- club-footed — a congenitally deformed or distorted foot.
- coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
- 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.
- coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
- coal cutter — a machine for undercutting a coal seam
- coast guard — The coast guard is a part of a country's military forces and is responsible for protecting the coast, carrying out rescues, and doing police work along the coast.
- coat armour — a coat of arms
- coati-mundi — coati
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- cobalt blue — any greenish-blue pigment containing cobalt aluminate, usually made by heating cobaltous sulphate, aluminium oxide, and phosphoric acid together
- 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
- cocultivate — to cultivate jointly
- 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
- coexecutrix — a joint executrix.
- coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- collocutory — of or relating to dialogue
- colluctancy — (obsolete, rare) A struggle to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
- collutorium — collutory.
- coloraturas — Plural form of coloratura.
- colouration — (British spelling) alternative spelling of coloration.
- colourpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- colporteurs — Plural form of colporteur.
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- columnistic — belonging or relating to a columnist
- combat duty — active service
- combustible — A combustible material or gas catches fire and burns easily.
- combustibly — In a combustible manner.