12-letter words containing oc
- ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
- ochlophobiac — a person who suffers from ochlophobia
- ochroleucous — having an off-white colour or a white colour tinted with yellow
- oconee-bells — a plant, Shortia galacifolia, of the southeastern U.S., having glossy, rounded leaves and white or pink bell-shaped flowers with fringed petals.
- octadecanoic — Of or pertaining to octadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- octagenarian — One who is between the ages of 80 and 89, inclusive.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- octastichous — relating to a particular coiled distribution of leaves on the stem that is characterized by having eight leaves per coil on the stem
- octastrophic — having or containing eight verses or strophes
- octogenarian — of the age of 80 years.
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- octyl phenol — a white to pink, water-insoluble, flaky substance having the formula C 1 4 H 2 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of commercial surface-active agents.
- office block — a large office building.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- on the block — for sale at auction
- on the rocks — a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- oneirocritic — an interpreter of dreams.
- opendocument — (file format, standard) (ODF, ISO/IEC 26300, OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications) An XML file format for office documents, such as spreadsheets, charts, presentations, databases and word processing. OpenDocument was developed by the Open Office XML technical committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) consortium. It is based on the XML format originally created and implemented by the OpenOffice.org office suite. OpenDocument is an open standard, i.e. freely available and implementable. Compare OOXML.
- oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
- orthocenters — Plural form of orthocenter.
- orthoclastic — (of a crystal) having cleavages at right angles to each other.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- osteoclastic — (pathology) Of or pertaining to an osteoclast.
- out of focus — blurred, indistinct
- out of stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overdocument — to document excessively
- overfocussed — too focussed
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- paleoclimate — the climate of some former period of geologic time.
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- paroccipital — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process; paramastoid
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- patch pocket — a pocket formed by sewing a piece of shaped material to the outside of a garment.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- peacock blue — a lustrous greenish blue, as of certain peacock feathers.
- peacock worm — feather-duster worm.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- penny stocks — Penny stocks are high-risk stock that sells for a very low price outside of the main stock exchange.
- pernoctation — the act of staying all night in a place, esp for prayer or as a vigil
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.