11-letter words containing s, a, o
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- cut throats — a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
- cutaneously — In a cutaneous way.
- cycadaceous — belonging or pertaining to the order Cycadales.
- cyclostylar — (architecture) Of or pertaining to a cyclostyle (a circular group of columns without a core).
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- cystoplasty — (surgery) Repair to the urinary bladder.
- cytoclastic — destructive to cells.
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- cytoplasmic — the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus, containing the cytosol, organelles, cytoskeleton, and various particles.
- cytostatics — Plural form of cytostatic.
- czestochowa — an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Warta: pilgrimage centre. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
- damask rose — a rose, Rosa damascena, native to Asia and cultivated for its pink or red fragrant flowers, which are used to make the perfume attar
- dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
- dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- danish loaf — a large white loaf with a centre split having the top crust dusted with flour, esp one baked on the sole of the oven
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- day of rest — the Sabbath; Sunday
- deaccession — to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, especially with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works.
- deacon seat — a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.
- deaconesses — Plural form of deaconess.
- dead season — a period during which there is very little activity either in business or in the political world
- dead-smooth — noting a double-cut metal file having the minimum commercial grade of coarseness.
- dead-stroke — relating to a stroke made that has no kickback or reverberation
- deallocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deallocate.
- death house — the section of a prison containing an execution chamber and the cells in which persons condemned to die are housed in the days just before their execution
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- declarators — Plural form of declarator.
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- dedications — Plural form of dedication.
- defamations — Plural form of defamation.
- degustation — the act of sampling a wide variety of foods, wines, etc.
- degustatory — tasty; having a pleasant flavour
- dehydrators — Plural form of dehydrator.
- deisolation — to remove from isolation.
- delegations — Plural form of delegation.
- delineators — Plural form of delineator.
- delocalised — (British) alternative spelling of delocalized.
- delors plan — a plan for closer European union, originated by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission (1985–94)
- delta stock — any of the fourth rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange. Market makers need not display prices of these securities continuously and any prices displayed are taken only as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
- delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- demagoguism — demagoguery.