11-letter words containing a, c, o, r, n, s
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- prison camp — a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- prosaicness — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
- quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- reaccession — (of a position of power) the process of acceding again
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reactionist — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reaganomics — the economic policies put forth by the administration of President Ronald Reagan, especially as emphasizing supply-side theory.
- reascension — the process or act of reascending
- recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- romanticist — an adherent of romanticism in literature or art (contrasted with classicist).
- rosicrucian — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a person who belonged to a secret society laying claim to various forms of occult knowledge and power and professing esoteric principles of religion.
- rustication — Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
- saint croix — Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sarcodinian — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sardonicism — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scaremonger — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scharnhorst — Gerhard Johann David von [gair-hahrt yoh-hahn dah-veet fuh n] /ˈgɛər hɑrt ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈdɑ vit fən/ (Show IPA), 1755–1813, Prussian general.
- schollander — Donald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- second-rate — of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- solidarnosc — a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982.
- sonderclass — a special class of small racing yachts, restricted as to size, sail area, cost, etc.
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- start codon — a codon that starts the synthesis of a protein molecule.
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain