12-letter words containing oc
- electroshock — Of or relating to medical treatment by means of electric shocks.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elocutionist — Someone who practices or teaches elocution.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- en brochette — (esp of meat) roasted or grilled on a skewer
- endocarditic — Having or relating to endocarditis.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- engine block — the metal casting containing the piston chambers of an internal combustion engine
- enteroclysis — A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine.
- enterococcal — Relating to, or produced by, an enterococcus.
- enterococcus — A streptococcus of a group that occurs naturally in the intestine but causes inflammation and blood infection if introduced elsewhere in the body (e.g., by injury or surgery).
- enterocoeles — Plural form of enterocoele.
- enterocoelic — characterized by enterocoele
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- equinoctials — Plural form of equinoctial.
- equivocality — The quality of being equivocal.
- equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
- equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- erythrocytes — Plural form of erythrocyte.
- erythrocytic — Of or pertaining to erythrocytes.
- ethnocentric — Evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture.
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- eurocurrency — the currency of any country held on deposit in Europe outside its home market: used as a source of short- or medium-term finance, esp in international trade, because of easy convertibility
- exteroceptor — A sensory receptor that receives external stimuli.
- ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
- field hockey — a game played on a rectangular field having a netted goal at each end, in which two teams of 11 players each compete in driving a small leather-covered ball into the other's goal, each player being equipped with a stick having a curved end or blade that is flat on one side and rounded on the other.
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- flocculation — to form into flocculent masses.
- floor pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
- fluorocarbon — any of a class of compounds produced by substituting fluorine for hydrogen in a hydrocarbon, and characterized by great chemical stability: used chiefly as a lubricant, refrigerant, fire extinguishing agent, and in industrial and other applications in which chemical, electrical, flame, and heat resistance is essential; banned as an aerosol propellant in the U.S. because of concern about ozone layer depletion.
- fluorochrome — any of a group of fluorescent dyes used to label biological material.
- focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- focalization — (optics) Putting into focus.
- focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
- folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
- four-o'clock — a common garden plant, Mirabilis jalapa, of the four-o'clock family, having tubular red, white, yellow, or variegated flowers that open late in the afternoon.
- furocoumarin — psoralen.
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
- geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- german ocean — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
- gerontocracy — government by a council of elders.
- glockenspiel — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.