11-letter words containing a, n, c, e, s, t
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- languescent — becoming languid
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- leaf insect — any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form.
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- licentiates — Plural form of licentiate.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- linecasting — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- locust bean — carob.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
- manneristic — a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
- martensitic — Of or pertaining to the mineral martensite.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mecopterans — Plural form of mecopteran.
- medicaments — Plural form of medicament.
- medications — Plural form of medication.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- mendacities — Plural form of mendacity.
- mentalistic — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- metacenters — Plural form of metacenter.
- miscegenate — (US) to mix or blend.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- misteaching — Present participle of misteach.
- monstrances — Plural form of monstrance.
- narco-state — a country in which the illegal trade in narcotic drugs forms a substantial part of the economy
- natterjacks — Plural form of natterjack.
- necessitate — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- nematocides — Plural form of nematocide.
- nematocysts — A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey.
- neo-fascist — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- neofascists — Plural form of neofascist.
- neosilicate — (chemistry) any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours.
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- newscasters — Plural form of newscaster.
- newscasting — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- nietzschean — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- nonsemantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- nonsilicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- nose tackle — nose guard
- nutcrackers — Plural form of nutcracker.
- obsecration — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- occidentals — Plural form of occidental.
- oceanfronts — Plural form of oceanfront.
- octahedrons — Plural form of octahedron.
- on the case — If you say that someone is on the case, you mean that they are aware of a particular problem and are trying to resolve it.
- open stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is farther from the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.