11-letter words containing c, m, o, n
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- second home — an additional residence, as at the shore or in the country, where one goes on weekends, vacations, and the like.
- second mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the first mate.
- second name — law: family name
- seminomadic — belonging or relating to an ethnic group or people who migrate seasonally and cultivate crops during periods of settlement
- semiotician — the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- simethicone — an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.
- smokescreen — If something that you do or say is a smokescreen, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
- socinianism — the teachings of Faustus Socinus (1539-1604), It. rationalistic religious reformer, denying the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, etc., and holding that salvation is attained solely by practicing the virtues exemplified by Christ
- somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
- somatotonic — a person who has a somatotonic personality
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
- stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- sub-company — subsidiary company.
- sub-economy — thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
- subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
- subeconomic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- synchromesh — noting or pertaining to a synchronized shifting mechanism.
- synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- synonymatic — relating to, or made up of, synonyms
- synonymical — a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
- synonymicon — a dictionary of synonyms
- taxonomical — the science or technique of classification.
- technomania — an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
- telecommand — the remote control of electronic devices
- telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- the commune — the revolutionary government of Paris from 1792 to 1794
- the miocene — this epoch or rock series
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- titanomachy — the unsuccessful revolt of the family of the Titan Iapetus against Zeus
- tom collins — a tall drink containing gin, lemon or lime juice, and carbonated water, sweetened and served with ice.
- tonal music — music that uses the diatonic system
- tonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- toxicomania — a morbid desire for poisonous substances; drug addiction
- trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
- trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
- trincomalee — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.