11-letter words containing oc
- double lock — a spring lock that can also serve as a deadbolt by an extra turn of the key
- double-lock — to lock with two turns of a key, so that a second bolt is engaged.
- dreadlocked — Wearing dreadlocks.
- drillstocks — Plural form of drillstock.
- dry-dockage — the act or fact of placing a ship in a dry dock.
- due process — established course of legal proceedings
- dummy block — a freely moving cylinder for transmitting the pressure of a ram to a piece being extruded.
- duplex lock — a lock capable of being opened either by a master key or a change key, each operating its own mechanism.
- echinococci — Plural form of echinococcus.
- echolocated — Simple past tense and past participle of echolocate.
- echolocator — An organism capable of echolocation.
- ecocentrism — a philosophy or perspective that places intrinsic value on all living organisms and their natural environment, regardless of their perceived usefulness or importance to human beings.
- ecoconsumer — A consumer who makes purchasing decisions partly or largely on the basis of ecological issues.
- egocentrism — The constant following of one's egotistical desires to an extreme.
- electrocute — Injure or kill someone by electric shock.
- electrocyte — A modified muscle or nerve cell that generates electricity in the electric organ of certain fishes.
- embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
- embrocation — A liquid used for rubbing on the body to relieve pain from sprains and strains.
- endocardial — Of or relating to the endocardium.
- endocardium — The thin, smooth membrane that lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves.
- endocentric — Denoting or being a construction in which the whole has the same syntactic function as the head, for example big black dogs.
- endochylous — having water-storing cells
- endocranial — relating to the endocranium
- endocranium — (anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull.
- endocuticle — the inner layer of the cuticle of an insect
- endocytosed — Ingested via endocytosis.
- endocytosis — The taking in of matter by a living cell by invagination of its membrane to form a vacuole.
- endocytotic — Of or pertaining to endocytosis.
- enterococci — Plural form of enterococcus.
- enterocoele — A coelom or coelomic cavity developed from the wall of the archenteron in some invertebrates.
- enterocytes — Plural form of enterocyte.
- epitrochoid — A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine.
- equinoctial — Happening at or near the time of an equinox.
- equivocally — With ambiguity.
- equivocated — Simple past tense and past participle of equivocate.
- equivocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equivocate.
- equivocator — Agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
- ergatocracy — Government by the workers.
- erythrocyte — A red blood cell that (in humans) is typically a biconcave disc without a nucleus. Erythrocytes contain the pigment hemoglobin, which imparts the red color to blood, and transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues.
- escape cock — a valve that releases air, steam, etc, above a certain pressure; relief valve or safety valve
- eurocentric — Alternative form of Eurocentric.
- evocatively — In an evocative manner.
- fault block — a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.
- ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- ferrocement — (of a boat hull) constructed of mortar troweled over a wire mesh that has been preshaped over a mold.
- ferrocerium — an alloy of 65 percent misch metal and 35 percent iron, used in flints for cigarette lighters.
- ferrocyanic — (inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide.
- fibrocement — (formerly) cement combined with asbestos fibre, used esp in sheets for building
- fibrocystic — showing or having the increased fibrosis associated with dilated glandular structure, as in the breast nodules of fibrocystic disease.
- fish doctor — a scaleless, brightly colored eelpout, Gymnelis viridis, of Arctic waters.