11-letter words containing a, n, c, o, e, s
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- monocracies — Plural form of monocracy.
- monstrances — Plural form of monstrance.
- nacogdoches — a city in N Texas.
- nanoscience — The underlying science of nanotechnology.
- nanoseconds — Plural form of nanosecond.
- narco-state — a country in which the illegal trade in narcotic drugs forms a substantial part of the economy
- 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-fascism — a modern right-wing political movement that includes significant elements of fascism, esp inspired by fascist Italy
- 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.
- nonfeasance — the omission of some act that ought to have been performed. Compare malfeasance, misfeasance (def 2).
- nonsemantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- nonsensical — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- 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.
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nose tackle — nose guard
- noun clause — a subordinate clause that functions as a noun within a main clause.
- nucleobases — Plural form of nucleobase.
- nucleoplasm — the protoplasm of the nucleus of a cell.
- nucleosomal — Of or pertaining to a nucleosome.
- obsecration — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- observances — Plural form of observance.
- occidentals — Plural form of occidental.
- occupancies — Plural form of occupancy.
- oceanariums — Plural form of oceanarium.
- 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.
- onagraceous — belonging to the Onagraceae, the evening primrose family of plants.
- opalescence — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is farther from the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- outdistance — to leave behind, as in running; outstrip: The winning horse outdistanced the second-place winner by five lengths.
- overcasting — Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- 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.