12-letter words containing c, e, t, i, s
- multicostate — having several costae or ribs
- multiscience — a broad knowledge
- multiservice — involving two or more of the armed services
- multispecies — of, relating to or affecting several species
- multisulcate — having many grooves or furrows
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- music centre — a single hi-fi unit containing (for example) a turntable, amplifier, radio, cassette player, and compact disc player
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- natchitoches — a city in NW Louisiana.
- necessitated — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- necessitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of necessitate.
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- neorealistic — Of or pertaining to neorealism.
- neotectonics — the study of geologically recent movements of the earth's crust and measurement of its local effects in order to develop techniques for predicting earthquakes.
- nepotistical — Nepotistic.
- nesosilicate — any silicate, as olivine, in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are not interlinked.
- net curtains — curtains made of a thin light mesh fabric of cotton, nylon, or other fibre
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neutralistic — Employing or relating to neutralism.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- new politics — politics concerned more with grass-roots participation in the political process than with party loyalty or affiliation: identified especially with the candidacies of Senators Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern.
- nickel steel — steel to which up to 9 percent nickel has been added.
- nietzscheism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nitroscanate — The ether analogue of amoscanate, used in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- non-domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- non-egoistic — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- non-systemic — of or relating to a system.
- nonaesthetic — not aesthetic, not related to the appreciation of beauty
- noncausative — Not causative.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- noneconomist — a person who is not an economist
- nonexistence — absence of existence.
- nonnecessity — an absence of necessity; the state of being unnecessary
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonscientist — a person who is not a scientist
- nonsectarian — not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination.
- nonselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- nonselective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- nonsymmetric — Not symmetric; asymmetrical.
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.