11-letter words containing r, c, o, l
- cross-nodal — having to do with interaction between the senses
- cross-slide — the part of a lathe or planing machine on which the tool post is mounted and across which it slides at right angles to the bed of the lathe
- crosslegged — Alternative spelling of cross-legged.
- crown block — A crown block is a fixed set of sheaves (= pulleys) at the top of a derrick, over which the drilling line is run.
- crown glass — an old form of window glass made by blowing a globe and spinning it until it formed a flat disc
- crown jewel — The Crown Jewels are the crown, sceptre, and other precious objects which are used on important official occasions by the King or Queen.
- crown wheel — the wheel next to the winding knob that has one set of teeth at right angles to the other
- cryobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the effects of very low temperatures on organisms
- cryptologic — cryptography.
- crystallog. — crystallography
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- cultivators — Plural form of cultivator.
- culturology — a branch of anthropology concerned with the study of cultural institutions as distinct from the people who are involved in them.
- culturomics — the study of human culture and cultural trends over time by means of quantitative analysis of words and phrases in a very large corpus of digitized texts: Culturomics can pinpoint periods of accelerated language change.
- culver hole — a hole for receiving a timber.
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- cyclo-cross — a form of cycle race held over rough ground
- cyclometers — Plural form of cyclometer.
- cyclopropyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclopropane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
- cycloserine — an antibiotic effective in the treatment of tuberculosis
- cyclosporin — a substance, synthesized by certain soil fungi, that suppresses the immune response by disabling helper T cells, used to minimize rejection of foreign tissue transplants.
- cyclostylar — (architecture) Of or pertaining to a cyclostyle (a circular group of columns without a core).
- cylindroids — Plural form of cylindroid.
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- deallocator — One who, or that which, deallocates.
- declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarators — Plural form of declarator.
- declaratory — (of a statute) stating the existing law on a particular subject; explanatory
- declare for — If you declare for something or someone, you say that you are in favour of them.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decolorized — Simple past tense and past participle of decolorize.
- decolorizer — a substance that removes colour
- decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
- decorrelate — To reduce the correlation between signals.
- deflazacort — A glucocorticoid prodrug used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.
- delta force — (in the US) an élite army unit involved in counterterrorist operations abroad
- dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- dictatorial — Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorial — pertaining to a director or directorate.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- discifloral — having flowers in which the receptacle is expanded into a conspicuous disk, as in composite plants.