11-letter words containing oc
- localizable — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- loch linnhe — Loch, Loch Linnhe.
- loch lomond — Loch, a lake in W Scotland. 23 miles (37 km) long; 27 sq. mi. (70 sq. km).
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- lock stitch — a sewing-machine stitch in which two threads are locked together at small intervals.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- lock-keeper — A lock-keeper is a person whose job is to be in charge of and maintain a lock or group of locks on a canal.
- locker room — A locker room is a room in which there are a lot of lockers.
- locker-room — of, characteristic of, or suitable to conversation in a locker room; earthy or sexually explicit: locker-room humor.
- lockkeepers — Plural form of lockkeeper.
- lockout box — Television. lockbox (def 3).
- loco citato — loc. cit.
- locofocoism — the doctrines of the Locofocos.
- locomotions — Plural form of locomotion.
- locomotives — Plural form of locomotive.
- locorestive — having a tendency to rest in one place
- loculicidal — (of a capsule) splitting lengthwise so as to divide each locule into two parts.
- locust bean — carob.
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- logocentric — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lymphocytic — Of, or pertaining to lymphocytes.
- macrocarpas — Plural form of macrocarpa.
- macrocosmic — Of or pertaining to the macrocosm (universe).
- macrocyclic — having a ring structure consisting of more than 12 atoms.
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- masochistic — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- mastocytoma — A tumor consisting of mastocytes, commonly found in animals.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- meningocele — a protrusion of the meninges through an opening in the skull or spinal column, forming a bulge or sac filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
- meritocracy — an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesocyclone — a small cyclone that arises near a thunderstorm and is sometimes associated with the occurrence of tornadoes.
- metallocene — an organometallic coordination compound consisting of a metal bonded to one or two rings of cyclopentadiene.
- mezlocillin — a wide-spectrum semisynthetic penicillin, C 2 1 H 2 5 N 5 O 8 S 2 , used parenterally in the treatment of infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- micrococcal — Of, pertaining to, or caused by a micrococcus.
- micrococcus — any spherical bacterium of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in irregular masses, many species of which are pigmented and are saprophytic or parasitic.
- microcolony — A microscopic colony of cells (especially of bacteria).
- microcosmic — a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).
- microcosmos — a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).
- microcredit — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- microcuries — Plural form of microcurie.
- minocycline — a long-acting, broad-spectrum, semisynthetic antibiotic drug, C 2 3 H 2 7 N 3 O 7 , derived from tetracycline.
- misallocate — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- mislocation — to misplace.