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12-letter words containing oc

  • stock option — an option giving the holder, usually an officer or employee, the right to buy stock of the issuing corporation at a specific price within a stated period.
  • stock record — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
  • stock saddle — Western saddle.
  • stock symbol — A stock symbol is a standard abbreviation for a publicly traded stock.
  • stock ticker — ticker (def 1).
  • stockbreeder — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
  • stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
  • stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
  • stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
  • stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
  • sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
  • suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
  • summer stock — the production of plays, musical comedy, etc., during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company.
  • swamp locust — water locust.
  • synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
  • t lymphocyte — any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.
  • t-lymphocyte — T cell.
  • tapioca snow — snow pellets.
  • technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
  • tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
  • tezcatlipoca — an Aztec god.
  • thalassocrat — a nation that has dominion over the seas.
  • the bollocks — something excellent
  • the holocene — the Holocene epoch or rock series
  • the occident — the Occident. the West; the countries of Europe and America. Western Hemisphere.
  • the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
  • themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
  • theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
  • thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
  • throckmorton — Francis. 1554–84, English conspirator, who with French and Spanish support plotted (1583) to depose Elizabeth I in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots: executed
  • thrombocytic — platelet.
  • tooth socket — a bony hollow into which a tooth fits
  • toxocariasis — the infection of humans with the larvae of a genus of roundworms, Toxocara, of dogs and cats. It can cause swelling of the liver and, sometimes, damage to the eyes
  • trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
  • transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
  • trial docket — docket (def 1).
  • trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
  • trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
  • trocheameter — a device that records the distance that a motor vehicle has travelled
  • trochelminth — any invertebrate of the phylum Trochelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), comprising the rotifers, gastrotrichs, and several other forms.
  • trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
  • tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
  • tussock moth — any of several moths of the family Lymantriidae, the larvae of which have characteristic tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of various deciduous trees.
  • un-revocable — that may be revoked.
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