11-letter words containing c, a, n, s, i
- narcissuses — Plural form of narcissus.
- nasogastric — of, relating to, or involving the nose and stomach.
- nasological — the scientific study of noses.
- nastistical — (humour, mathematics) A description of a method, thought by the programmer to be correct statistics, but which is not. An example is averaging together several averages of samples of different sizes. The correct way to do this is to average together all of the individual samples.
- necessarian — (philosophy, theology) An adherent of necessarianism, an advocate of the doctrine of necessity.
- necessaries — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
- necessarily — by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement: You don't necessarily have to attend.
- necessitate — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- nematocides — Plural form of nematocide.
- 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.
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- newscasting — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- nicholas ii — (Gérard de Bourgogne) died 1061, pope 1058–61.
- nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- nietzschean — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- nitrostarch — an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.
- non-clastic — Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- nonactivist — One who is not an activist.
- nonartistic — not artistic
- nonmusician — a person who is not a musician
- nonmystical — not mystical
- nonorgasmic — not involving or resulting in orgasm, not able to orgasm
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- 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.
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nonsyllabic — not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable.
- nosological — (medicine) Of or pertaining to nosology.
- nostradamic — of or pertaining to Nostradamus or resembling his work; prophetic
- nova scotia — a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). Capital: Halifax.
- nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
- nudist camp — a resort where nudism is practiced
- numismatics — the study or collecting of coins, medals, paper money, etc.
- nyctinastic — (of the periodic movement of flowers or leaves ) caused by nightly changes in light intensity or temperature.
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obsecration — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- occasioning — Present participle of occasion.
- occidentals — Plural form of occidental.
- occupancies — Plural form of occupancy.
- occupations — Plural form of occupation.
- oceanariums — Plural form of oceanarium.
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- on occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.