12-letter words containing c, l, o, s, n, e
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mesocyclones — Plural form of mesocyclone.
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
- milliseconds — Plural form of millisecond.
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- nasotracheal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the nose and trachea.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necropolises — Plural form of necropolis.
- neoclassical — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neorealistic — Of or pertaining to neorealism.
- nepotistical — Nepotistic.
- nesosilicate — any silicate, as olivine, in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are not interlinked.
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- 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.
- nickelodeons — Plural form of nickelodeon.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nomenclators — Plural form of nomenclator.
- non-selected — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- noncollusive — involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement: a collusive agreement to increase prices.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- nonocclusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- 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.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- obsolescence — the state, process, or condition of being or becoming obsolete.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- oconee-bells — a plant, Shortia galacifolia, of the southeastern U.S., having glossy, rounded leaves and white or pink bell-shaped flowers with fringed petals.
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- omnisciently — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
- oracularness — the state of being oracular