9-letter words containing c, n, s
- nunchucks — Sometimes, nunchakus. a Japanese hand weapon for defense against frontal assault, consisting of two foot-long hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord that stretches to body width.
- nyctalops — a person affected by nyctalopia
- nystagmic — Exhibiting or pertaining to nystagmus (involuntary eye movement).
- obeisance — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- obscenely — offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
- obscenity — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- occasions — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- occlusion — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- occupants — Plural form of occupant.
- occursion — (obsolete) A meeting or striking together; a clash or collision.
- oceanites — Plural form of oceanite.
- oceanside — a city in SW California.
- offscreen — occurring, existing, or done away from the motion-picture or television screen: an offscreen voice.
- omniscent — Misspelling of omniscient All-knowing.
- on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
- on-screen — occurring within a motion picture or television show or in an actor's professional life: a raucous on-screen personality that was at odds with his quiet private life.
- onanistic — withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- oncogenes — Plural form of oncogene.
- oncolysis — the destruction of tumours
- oncomouse — a mouse bred for cancer treatment research
- oncostman — a miner who is paid daily
- oncovirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- onomastic — of or relating to proper names.
- open-cast — open-cut.
- opticians — Plural form of optician.
- optronics — Optoelectronics.
- oscitancy — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- ostracean — a member of the family formerly called Ostracea
- pancosmic — of every cosmos
- panoistic — (of insects) producing ova without cells to nurse them
- pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- patiences — a female given name.
- pecksniff — a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to.
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
- pentecost — a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- pett scan — PET scan
- phenetics — classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.