10-letter words containing c, l, o, s, n
- nonmusical — not belonging to or relating to music
- nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- nosocomial — (of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital-acquired.
- nostalgiac — A nostalgic person.
- nostologic — geriatrics.
- novelistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of novels.
- nucleobase — (biochemistry) The base of a nucleic acid, such as thymine, uracil, adenine, cytosine and guanine.
- nucleonics — the branch of science that deals with nuclear phenomena, as radioactivity, fission, or fusion, especially practical applications, as in industrial engineering.
- nucleoside — any of the class of compounds derived by the hydrolysis of nucleic acids or nucleotides, consisting typically of deoxyribose or ribose combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, or thymine.
- nucleosome — any of the repeating subunits of chromatin occurring at intervals along a strand of DNA, consisting of DNA coiled around histone.
- occasional — occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then: an occasional headache.
- occlusions — Plural form of occlusion.
- oculonasal — Pertaining to the eyes and nose.
- olecranons — Plural form of olecranon.
- oncologist — (oncology) A doctor or scientist who specializes in oncology.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- osculation — the act of kissing.
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- psilocybin — a hallucinogenic crystalline solid, C 1 2 H 1 7 N 2 O 4 P, obtained from the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- pycnostyle — having an intercolumniation of 1½ diameters.
- rascallion — a villain, a rascal
- reconciles — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- resorcinol — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- salicional — a soft-toned organ stop with a reedy quality
- salicornia — any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort
- saloon car — Also, saloon carriage. a railway sleeping, dining, or parlor car similar to a U.S. Pullman.
- san carlos — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
- sand colic — a form of colic caused by the ingestion of sand or eating sand-contaminated feeds and subsequent collection of sand in the gastrointestinal tract
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scallopini — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scandalous — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- scansorial — capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.