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11-letter words containing a, c, o, e, n, s

  • forinstance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
  • geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
  • ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
  • glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
  • glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
  • gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
  • half-second — 1/120 of a minute of time
  • heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
  • hexastichon — hexastich.
  • horn clause — (logic)   A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
  • horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
  • house-clean — to clean the inside of a person's house
  • hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
  • ice station — a camp or base in an isolated part of the Arctic or Antarctic, manned by specialists to monitor the weather, geological formations, wildlife, etc.
  • iconostases — Plural form of iconostasis.
  • icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
  • importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
  • incensation — (Roman Catholic Church) The offering of incense.
  • incompassed — Simple past tense and past participle of incompass.
  • inosculated — Simple past tense and past participle of inosculate.
  • inosculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inosculate.
  • inosilicate — any silicate having a structure consisting of paired parallel chains of tetrahedral silicate groups, every other of which shares an oxygen atom with a group of the other chain, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 4 to 11.
  • insectivora — the order comprising the insectivores.
  • insouciance — the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference.
  • intercostal — pertaining to muscles, parts, or intervals between the ribs.
  • intersocial — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
  • intoxicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intoxicate.
  • isoceraunic — representing, having, or indicating equality in the frequency or intensity of thunderstorms: isoceraunic line; isoceraunic map.
  • isocyanides — Plural form of isocyanide.
  • isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
  • isomagnetic — noting or pertaining to points of equal magnetic force.
  • joined case — a trial combining multiple related claims, etc
  • keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
  • knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
  • lacerations — Plural form of laceration.
  • larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
  • launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
  • leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
  • locust bean — carob.
  • logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
  • macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
  • magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
  • main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
  • malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
  • marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
  • mecopterans — Plural form of mecopteran.
  • medications — Plural form of medication.
  • melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
  • menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
  • mesocranial — mesocephalic
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